requires ~, large freestand spaces that don't have structural supports [speaker not understood] is one of the challenges that we would have to contemplate in looking at retrofitting and other pier for that use. so, i don't know if that's what you meant by kind of the waterfront land use plan backdrop, but that's sort of my take on how we -- where we've been and how we can move forward. >> thank you. mark, thank you for your presentation and what's gone into this. i'm going to start on the left. commissioner woo ho, any comments? >> this is an informational presentation. i think we're kind of interested in hearing going forward how thought process, and i think that [speaker not understood] maybe we'll get some interesting ideas from the rfp on the bulkhead, help define what the rest of the pier is going to be is the process we want to proceed with. and i think that's -- i think

at this point, i think this is just the beginning of the journey. >> commissioner murphy? >> i feel the same way. i believe it's a great project and, you know, i'd love to see it move forward asap. >> thank you, mark, for a wonderful presentation. i think this is a great opportunity for the port and to help us with some of our capital needs, increasing our revenue stream. but i do want to make sure that when we're going through this process that we keep in mind whatever we put there we really don't want to compete with our existing tenants and may have to keep that in mind going forward. thank you. >> commissioners? >> first of all, i appreciate you coming up and hitting the mic. and really we need to hear from the community and other staff

and the commissioners, we need to listen to what the community says, but also we're engaged and we really need to have this dialogue. but i'll just give you a good example. sometimes people can be misinformed about [speaker not understood] myself and director moyer. we got a report from board president david chiu. and if people want to hear, they're worried about with the new cruise terminal coming there is going to be a night club, like a nation live down there. and he said, no. director moyer talked to president chiu and i told him the same thing. we have no clubs on the waterfront. we don't. and the cruise terminal is not going to be like the america's cup with live nation and all that. it's going to be a family place for cruises and stuff like that. and in talking about this project, mark, what you and john have been doing, i think that it's very thoughtful. i have an open mind. i haven't really reached a conclusion, but i think we're going in the right direction because it's local businesses, it's a good fit. and this is a city, we say what

we really do, we can pay no tourism. we're trying to get to a goal of a million passengers a year with the new cruise terminal. we have to have something to entice people to come to the waterfront. this is going to be part of a community, lockal businesses. it's a place for the small person. i think people will be screened and we look at and we have some opportunities ~ and the people from telegraph hill, all the community should be able to come over to this facility and feel like this is a part of the community, different things and stuff like that. i think this will enhance our waterfront. i mean, we're [speaker not understood] about progress. we're talking about having the olympics in this city one day. never do you look back into the present, you look into the future. and this is something that will fit this community and our waterfront. it's only going to provide more jobs, we're always talking about jobs. we're talking about a place where people can come down into our community and also there is a park that will be right by the james r. herman terminal.

so, i think all these things will be interwove enin together, and i think we need to look at, and take it step-by-step ~ but i agree with the rest of my commissioners this can enhance our water froth and it build our community because that's what we're about. and i think that we need to take it one step at a time. we think about it, but clearly the community, they need to put their -- have their dialogue with the port. you need to tell us what you feel, and you got better ideas let us know. but we just can't stand around and not do anything. we need to put this place that we have to work to make -- because it's part of the economic industry in the city of san francisco. thank you. >> i'll echo the comments of my colleagues. also excited about bringing something there that will be uniquely san francisco, bay area regional focused. and i think, again, i appreciate the effort that's going into bringing in the community and there will be the advisory group as you've

outlined here in the waterfront implementation process. i think that's an opportunity to figure out where we may have some holes and needs along the waterfront and ways to enliven it and sort of seamlessly connect all along there so we will, as we get new people coming into our cruise terminal, we'll also have thing that will attract locals and be fun, dynamic and exciting. and i think keep that space lively throughout the day and attract people there. having had an occasional meal and/or drink -- pronounce it, the waihiki club. it really was an exciting place to be and i think it will be a shame to not take advantage of that site to bring more locals to that portion of the waterfront. so, i'm excited to see what comes forward and also to, as commissioner adams stated, it is a good opportunity for the port as well to take advantage of where we put so much

investment into a facility to really make sure that that comes back to the port. and we get to move forward on that. so, thank you for your work on that and look forward to hearing further updates. >> item 14, new business. >> thank you, commissioners. with respect to new business, i want to again come back to the forward calendar. we talked about it today, but wanted to mention that the august 12th meeting we will be providing a look at the waterfront land use plan and believe that we will be joined by larry gold span, the head of bcdc at our september th meeting. i already discussed the time certain item on sea level rise by john englander and travis. we also will be joined by john ram for his annual appearance before the port commission which was a new business item that the commissioners gave us the last time mr. ram was here.

i do want to make a change to the forward calendar in that we are going to have our off-site meeting at the southeast community center on oakdale and we think that's a better meeting to do our blue greenway item because that will really speak to the community. we propose to move the blue greenway item to september 9 to september 23rd and move the kerress item forward so just a flip-flop there. in terms of new business today, the only thing, the instruction we talked about already was to take some feedback back to the sf adopt committee to add the periodic reporting to the mayor and the board of supervisors. so, if i missed something, please correct me, but that's -- >> [speaker not understood]. >> on the sea level rise, yeah. >> and then -- thank you. i briefly touched on this with executive director [speaker not understood], but again it was what i did with my summer vacation.

that let me get out of the country again. but in france they have something that they call [speaker not understood] that they started about 30 years ago and it's now been picked up in a number of other countries around the world where, sort of an organic street party may not be quite the right word for it, but musicians come out and sort of align themselves with different restaurants and other establish manies partly because they need access to a little bit of power supplies for their instruments and amplifiers and whatever. and businesses are opened and people stroll along the street. it's the longest night of the year, a late as possible. it what just a wonderful opportunity for people to stroll along and gather and listen to local musicians, be

it just one person singing english song rather badly, or groups, but it was just a dynamic, exciting evening and it brought so many people out. museumses opened up their doors and other public institutions were opened up for the evening. and i would love to see if we could explore whether something similar might work at least along portions of the waterfront to make -- to be the first site in the united states, it would be part of sort of the international music efforts. so, if we could see if that would be feasible. >> sure, will do. >> and then for the staff, i do have some interesting photos of both bike paths and access to waterfront -- enlivening the waterfront and using it during warmer weather months and we could do that year round, but a lot of interesting things that were presented along the [speaker not understood] waterfront there.

so, i'm happy to share that with any staff that may be interested. thank you. >> and you've given [speaker not understood] already, correct, for the port staff. [speaker not understood]. >> thank you for that. >> thank you. >> i move to adjourn the meeting. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> meeting is adjourned. thank you. >> thank you. [adjourned]

>> good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, let me please call this meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission to order at 1:39 p.m. madam secretary, would you please call the roll? >> president courtney? >> here. >> commissioner moran. >> here. >> commissioner torres. >> here. >> commissioners vietor and caen are excused today. >> next is approval of the minutes of june 24th, 2014. >> move approval. >> it has been moved. >> second. >> and it has been seconded. >> any further discussion, seeing none, i will call for public comment, is there any public comment on item three, approval of the meeting minutes

of june, 24, 2014. seeing none, public comment is closed all of those in favor, aye. >> and the motion carries, next item please? >> four, general public comment, anybody who is interested in in addition to the cards that i have before me from ann clark if you could step forward, anyone who is interesting in speaking under public comment, fill out a comment card. >> and good afternoon good to see you again. >> i am ann clark from san francisco, and i want to let you know that it is hot up at maser and it was getting close to 100 degrees and i think that i am going to stay in san francisco. also, don't forget it is 5,000 feet up there and so it gets hotter i think sometimes as you go higher, rather than cooler. mostly i wanted to share with you that we have published a book for one of our very favorite people who has written it, niel who has been going to the camp for a long, long time. and so i have extra copies in case you have not gotten yours yet and i will give them to harlin so you will be able to

take a look at his wonderful life and his life experiences and as always, i look forward to seeing you at the camp thank you. >> thank you very much for being here, i appreciate that. >> are there any other public comments to be had on this line item, item number four, seeing none, public comment is now closed, madam secretary, next item? >> item five, communications. >> commissioners? >> seeing no comments, from my colleagues, is there any public comment on item 5, communications? seeing none, public comment is closed on that item. next item, secretary? >> item 6, other commission business? >> commissioner moran and torres? >> there is an item that i would like to discuss briefly not long ago, several months ago i raised an issue related to opportunities in the south east sector related to intratoe hortoculture and maintenance

and construction-type of jobs, opportunities. and specifically mcclarin park and other areas located near that and i think that it is appropriate for us to have that dialogue and i requested it under other commission business, several months ago. given the relationship that this very cozy relationship, and cozy in a good way that this commission has with the recreation and parts commission, certainly the announcement recently from the professional golf the pga in addition to an article in the newspaper today, dealing specifically with the golf course located in the south east sector, the problems that it has with respect to ongoing maintenance, and capitol improvements and water and i would like to begin to have thoughtful deliberative conversations about how we can best work together, with the recreation and parks department, dealing specifically with those areas, we do a pretty good job and we did open, and reopen the boat

house today. that is the land of the puc, being over seen by the recreation and parks department and management and staff and which in the interest of full disclosure we represent at local, 261, we see a lot in the gun club that is in the news, and the park is in the news, but i think that we really have to be careful about not losing sight of the fact that some of these resources in the south east, often times kind of get overlooked and iment to make sure that on our watch, that does not continue to happen and so that is it for that and i would like to see agenda item coming up from the staff if there is no objection. >> commissioners? >> seeing none, madam secretary, next item? >> please, report of the general manager. >> update on our water supply and have steve richie come up.

>> if i could have the slides, please, again, this is the meeting update on the water supply as we are in the continuing drought here. and first off, again, the water storage is starting to drop a little bit now as we get into the dry part of the year we don't anticipate much precipitation, but again we have 487,000 acre feet of drinking water in storage and so again, the water bed is working and we need to achieve a reduction to avoid going to 20 percent next year and the response is good for the last six weeks. and our storage levels, again, hetch hetch y is at 97 percent and the water bank is down at 34 and a half percent and again the systems need to be continued to be managed.

precipitation, i have to say that i was there last week and there is a little bump in the water line and we got two tenth of an inch while i was up there and made the ground wet and puddled a little bill and no run off from it and there was anticipation from the additional precipitation this week and still, back, again and gone is the drop these five presentations because, they are not going to change very much. and this is a slightly modified version of a slide that i showed the last meeting about what the water bank is at 200,000 acre feet which is comparable to the levels in the last drought 87 to 92 and so we are in a dry period, this is the driest three year period that we have seen in our history. the reservoir is close to full and we are starting up to

storage level of 150,000 acre feet of january first. and the delivery slide, again, shows that the deliveries have it has flat lined for the last six weeks and hopefully we can continue those efforts of working closely with the wholesale customers to be sure that everybody is working hard, and we are seeing that turn off in terms of water use reduction and here is our, fill in a lot of savings and hopefully we see the glass come up quite a bit by the other day. and so, the items and i want to get into a little bit this time and a little bit more detail and we have the request for the ten percent reduction and you really have a major out reach campaign as we discussed last meeting and we have two drought reductions under way and i will talk about those in more dethail than we have so far, that is the aquiduct project and the small treatment plant

and emergency improvements. first, this is a map of the country system with the three reservoirs and the cherry, and the take the water from the resources, and the lower aqua duct is from cherry creek below and brings it to the intake, where it can be put into the drinking water system, and it is actually down in the 87 to 82 drought. so our project is an effort that costs $18 million combined and phase one will be to repair the deversion plate, and clean out the tunnels and sometimes, starting this fall. phase two is to make repairs and replace the old lines, and we have much, on the quality of

the water that will be coming through there. and that will be planned to begin some construction next spring, and be ready to go in july of next year. you can see the rock debris and over for the last 25 years. and so, they will be cleaning those out, and again, it is more debris in the open channel section there. and again, this open channel section, where there is corrugated metal that has fallen in and you can just clean those out and that is what we will be doing as far as the first project that we have

under way. on the coast range, emergency drought and improvements and we are working at tesla and thomas shaft, and one of the tunnel and the pump station and the single treatment plant. and for these, are redundancy up grades to the pumps and the controls and the electric power service and at the treatment plant, chemical feedback replacement and the process up grades, and the up grades between the different facilities and these are all part of the cap and improvement and we are already bringing the problems sooner to be done that we can widely filter the water if we need to and in the shaft, it is a simple project that is a really important one and we are replacing the sample pump and out the methane gas and we have to have the special protection in place to make sure that we don't have sparks that could fill off an

explosion there. and on the regulatory front, they this issued notices to the certain water rights holders and they were going to look at emergency regulations and did adopt the emergency regulations on the second. and those started out as a real threat. i think that we ended up in good shape in all of that process. and then, on june 27th, the state water board, had a workshop on urban water usage and they will be released the draft regulations probably tomorrow, regarding urban water use conservation in particular, and there is a conference call and the water board staff to talk about those and we will be expected to be similar to the april 26th recommendations made

by the governor and proclamation to return the water and when the vehicle is washing and the outdoor water, and this is apparently, would be the residential california and it is not clear if it is limited just to residential or extend to parks and recreation departments and schools and we are trying to get clarity on that so that we know what that is actually being proposed. and so in summary, we are still in a drought and going with ten percent voluntary conservation through the end of the calendar year and if we don't do that, we will be in worse shape because we are on track with the efforts and the lower channels. and i am happy to answer any questions. >> thank you, commissioners?

>> i would like to acknowledge the passing of iron ruskin, after a long bought of cancer, he served as a first lofca chair. and he represents 1.7 million of our customers and regional system. and we will be forever, grateful for his role to make the necessary repairs on our hetch hetchy to secure a reliable water source and i just wanted to just maybe, bosco would like to get up and say a few words. >> nicole? >> good afternoon. and yes, we are sadden by the passing of ruscin our first board chair and also at that time he was mayor of the city.

and also representing the city and area and he was instrumental in securing the support of local legislative and elected officials in your wholesale service area to really focus on the reliability and system in that, in doing so, from a human catastrophe perspective and that was really his true gift for the service area and so he did struggle with an illness for a long time and we are sorry about his passing and i appreciate the comments of general manager kelley. >> commissioner torres? >> i had a very close personal relationship with him over the years. and i admired his integrity and in the legislative process. and but also, his battle against cancer and he hurt and he managed to maintain his statue and his character and his being and his up

lifting,self and even through the very, very difficult times and california will miss this type of legislator, and we will miss his input into the process of making california. >> thank you, nicole. >> thank you. >> that concludes my report. >> okay, thank you, general manager kelley, are there any comments on the general manager's report? i don't have any speaker cards,? once, twice, three times, closed madam secretary, next item please? >> consent candor, and items 8 athrough 8 e, constitute a candor considered to be retained by the san francisco pub utilities commission and will be acted upon by a single vote of the commission and there will be no separate discussion of these items unless the member of the commission or the public so requests in which the matter will be removed from the calendar and considered a

separate item. >> are there any requests to remove an item? seeing none, commissioners what is your pleasure? >> i will move it. >> so moved. >> second. >> is there any public comment on any of these items, item, 8, a, b, c, de, i will close to a roll call, all of those in favor, signify by saying aye, the aye have it and the motion carries. next item? >> 9, approve the terms and conditions and authority leases agreement between the san francisco puc communications and control incorporated and tristar investors for services in alameda and contra costa. andstanislaus counties, for terms not to exceed 25 years each, and for a total annual rent of $78,500; >> commissioners? >> good afternoon, and at its june tenth hearing, this commission, awarded db 124 for the valley, communication

system upgrade project. and the goal of that project was to upgrade, sfpuc communication facilities in order to improve, safety, and security, and also, to provide remote access, remote control, i am sorry of the pipeline. and on the action before you was the approval of three communication agreements, for the sfpuc use of three sites not owned by the city. and these sites include alameda and river more hills and contracosta and the other county and this is part of a communication network that stretches from the substation to the mark peak and the puc has communications facilities at the allison and liver more hills, and replaces the existing control and the hills agreement is actually an amendment to an existing sublease between the communication and control in

the puc. and finally the third agreement for the modesto site where they don't have a facility is a new license between the tri star investors and the puc and all three agreements are for five years, with four, five year renewal options for a total term of 25 years, and the rent increases at 3 percent per year. >> thank you. >> any questions? >> commissioners? >> so motioned. >> moved it. >> and second. >> any public comment? >> seeing none, public comment is closed all of those in favor, signify by saying aye. >> aye. >> motion carries, next item?

>> ten,adopt a finding declaring that the sfpuc's francisco reservoir property, located at bay street between larkin and hyde streets in san francisco (francisco reservoir tract) in its current condition, is surplus to the needs of any sfpuc utility; authorize the general manager to execute an mou between the sfpuc and sfrpd for a jurisdictional transfer of the francisco reservoir tract at fair market value of $9.9 million to sfrpd; authorize a request to the board of supervisors and mayor to approve a conditional jurisdictional transfer of the francisco reservoir tract at the fair market value of $9.9 million, subject to the terms of the mou and applicable law. >> >> move it. >> it has been moved. >> second. >> and it has been seconded. >> mr. clerk? >> that is fine, it will be glad to answer any questions, i think that the title explains the action that we are today. >> we will ask you, is there any public comment on this item? item ten? any public comment? >> oh, yes. >> president, could i have two minutes? >> please. >> public comment will be two minutes, i have a number of speaker cards in front of me, i would like to call frank dawkin and next will be mat ogrady and jan bloom.