year. those are the things that are really no cost to us but this is what they are doing to step it up. we will define what it is, this community benefit because a lot of people when they hear community benefits, they think of a way how we do a community benefits with developers. and this is a little slightly different. so anyway, we'll define how we define community benefit and all the programs underneath it. not a problem. >> thank you, general manager, kel ly. shotted the -- >>commissioner francesca vietor: i would like to nouns that there is information on the website. >> thank you.

any other comment? is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed.. item no. 5. any public comment on item 5? is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed.. item 6. city clerk: other commission business discussion and possible action in correspondence with the rule 6 of the rules of order to nominate and elect officers. >> >>president vince courtney: i have been honored and selected to fulfill this position. i was excited about it and naive about it and i enjoyed the entire opportunity. i want to quickly go through some of the highlights over the course of the past year and hopefully people understand how quickly these things start to happen. when i first got into this

chair it was right after senator torres vacated and we were right in the middle of the assessing the cass catastrophic damage of the rim fire and i saw how staff worked hard under this situation and it was absolutely impressive and the point with the locking fault lines and the ways that could be jeopardized by that. i have full confidence in the world in the way i viewed throughout the year to address these concerns. i also had an opportunity to see some people come and some people go. the addition of emilio cruz. there wasn't a lot said about that, but i will tell you emilio hit the

ground coming and a great addition to kelly's core of managers and i have had a lot of opportunity to work with him. we are really lucky to have emilio and i have seen nicole in the room right now and she came in when i got into this chair and i got a lot listening to her and paying close attention to the job she does and oftentimes we don't really understand it because in san francisco we are focused on the whole san francisco thing but i love watching nicole do her thing and we had senator torres on the board for free. that's volunteering his time as a representative and i see today -- todd in the room too. todd i don't know what you are doing here. todd has been an n -- unsung

hero and he has done in credible work. for me to sit here, it's a pinch me moment. i got to see the roadhouse and got to go down there with mayor lee and francisco you were there and joeld -- yolanda and all the community activist were there and it's fun for me to see it get done because people talk about getting things done and oftentimes it's just people talking about getting things done. i'm actually witnessing things getting done. i saw solar getting done on city hall and i'm an advocate of solar power and saw those things taking place and michael is here, he did a great job with nicole and we celebrated the 100 year -year anniversary of the

laker act. we have a brand new park on the way in district 2. mark farrell's office did incredible work and this commission did incredible work with the real estate department and that was exciting to see how many people from all communities in san francisco were advocating for that land swap, that transfer. i was here at the very end with it. i went there with harlin and i enjoyed that, the very last project of the water system improvement and now with emilio cruz at the reigns. i know for a fact that we are going to do a lot of great work especially in the community on that sewer system improvement because there is a lot of improvement through

juliette's office like frieking 24/7. our department that is teaed up for a particular reason because those who know me my area of concern is always in community workforce development. career pathways, good jobs with health and welfare, pension and real opportunity to advance. that's how you feed your family, that's how you can still live in san francisco. that's what makes san francisco affordable and what makes san francisco affordable as far as this administration is concerned is real jobs. not any job, preferably a union job, but a job with pension and health care. i don't see tierm in the office but he was the quarterback position when we launched the sleek sexy conservation campaign. that was something that got nationwide news. that came out of our little

public utilities commission and came out of our commission how we decided to challenge all the work that was coming out of our community to conserve water and get with the program. when i go through this whole thing, i think about what other people have done. what i have seen and what i have witnessed. nobody talks much about har listen kelly. harlin kelly is at the deposited. -- department. harlin kelly worked to get out of that situation. that wasn't easy. it was a heavy heavy lift. we owe a lot to harlin and even after all that lifting, the board of supervisors still set our budget aside, right juliette? but through a little bit of negotiation give and take, we managed

to get through that. so, when i started, you know, we were talking about the rim fire and the devastation and i'm ready to leave this chair now and it was a pleasure for me to see everything. now i'm leafing and -- leaving and we are in the worst drought in anyone's memory, right? so we need somebody in a position who has institutional knowledge and is strong and sharp and witty and color coordinated, [ laughter ] . so you guys know what i'm getting at. donna, dorene. i nominate caen to be the --

commissioners. >> second. >> is there any public comment on the motion nomination that i just made. francisco, would you like to make a public comment? thank you, sir. >> i was good friends with miss caen's husband. but i was also present when

she was at the house commission not land use. she does her homework and she wants to see how it's really done. what i like about her is that she will focus on the important things and remember it. there are certain things this commission had done because of mrilt -- political pressure. but she'll remind you that when certain things have to be done, we miss the boat. sometimes we miss the plane. and we miss the train.

san francisco was blessed to have hetch hetchy. we have not discussing the best of the record act gave and power municipalities but also the poor and also the military. you have to read it. today with our population growth we have a population of about 805,000 and we have these conferences and the giants game. we have to address certain things where we have to provide the resources. so with ms. caen in that

chair with here institutional memory and experience, she is going to take this commission to a period of time place. we always have to go to a better place. we don't have to lower our standards. if anybody lowers their standards, their ethics and morals suffer. so, congratulations, ms. caen. and she's on my -- lincoln. we shall community. >>president vince courtney: thank you. it's my last personal privilege as the chair, i did want to say one thing. an -- for me to sit up here

with francesca and ann, if there is no further public comment. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. all in favor say, "aye". >> aye. >> any opposed? >> congratulations, president caen. [ applause ] . >>vice- president ann moller caen:.

>> president ann moller caen: thank you very much for offering me this position. for your memory of this commission, the commission has gotten something i know you are going to really love. it's a [ gavel ]. so with this i would like to present you with this gavel, president courtney sf puc. the back story of this is that vince loves the gavel as i'm sure all of you have seen i jump every time he hits it and certainly andrew laughs at me.

so moving along with the election of officers, i too would like to nominate vice-president francesca vietor. >> second. >> certainly she has served in this capacity before as well as chair of the commission and i look forward to your saying yes to the nomination and i would like to proceed on that. do you accept the nomination? >>commissioner francesca vietor: i do. >> is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. all in favor say, "aye". >> aye. >> any opposed? the motion carries. you can stay there. okay. >> can i just say a few words. it's a great opportunity to serve all of you.

i must say vince, this year has been a very interesting year because we had a lot of challenges together and i think the one thing that we are both realizing that in city government nothing happens fast and i think that all of your issues and concerns are concerns of mine and will continue foraging ahead on all of your concerns and my commitment and things that we are talking about that we are going to make sure that we continue the effort and try to move them fast and quickly. plus, some of the folks out there know that we have been trying to move forward in the habitat restoration program and we are going to get some attraction on that because you want to step to the plate and we have acknowledged that and we are going to move quickly on that. the construction center, that took a while to start.

but we are going to do it. it may take some time, but we are going to make it happen. my commitment to you is that we are still going to move on a lot of the initiatives that you planted the seeds and make sure they become a reality. >> president ann moller caen: any other comments? any other commission business? seeing none. i wanted to stop for a moment and say that ms. hood is going to keep us apprised of the score. >> bottom of the third. 4-0 giants. >> okay.

item 7. city clerk: item 7, sea level rise. >> madam president, emilio cruz. what i would like to present you today a brief presentation on the sea level rise and the program improvement prament. -- program.

the multibillion dollar program to create and invest in the city sewer system. we are not only looking at new technology but what's going to influences from the operational system. we are looking at industry trends. we are also looking at regulatory requirements and what we are projecting for the next few years and based on the facilities that we are designing for the next few years and climate change as sea level rise and how those will impact the structure. the csip has invested in our analysis of the sea level rise. we have a bright scientist by chris may, she has 18 years experience in this industry and not only has a contract the with the city of

san francisco but also other cities in the bay that are with the rockefeller foundation that gave the city worldwide grants to analyze the sea level rise throughout the world. the city has put together a task force to look at this issue obviously from the port of san francisco but also significant impacts you the sf puc because of what runs along the perimeter of the bay and you can see it's chaired by mr. david be har with the puc. he was out sick today. we have the guidance. so the city has taken a look at guidance and the science kind of varies.

they have looked at the least scenario and the possible scenario and we have the 2050 as the mid-horizon and 2100 horizon. they have suggested the half of the scales, but at least we now have general science agreement on what the potential sea level rises are for the bay area looking into future. if you look at our overall process we have taken a look at the science we then assess the vulnerability of the infrastructure that we have. once we understand where it is vulnerable with the sea level rise and we assess that refk to the facility whether it's a port harbor or our overall collection system or talking about private property that is a major

impact like at & t ballpark and we plan for adaptation. how do we adapt to the potential sea level rise. there is a study going on now where we take a look at mission creek and how we are involved in that study because the rise at mission creek is having the economic impact on the city because of 18 ballpark ucsf and we have the residential house boats on the creek. they are looking at that and taking a look at how we can adapt to this change from an infrastructure perspective and the last steps will be then coming up with a plan, implementing a plan and starting the circle again as we get more information. so, again what we do is we take a look at the assets, we determine the vulnerability and come up with a plan and narrow the funnel as we

move forward. not unlike the process as we went through our biosolids. there is a recommends that we look at this mean level rise of 36 inches for 2 100 design. what we are looking is the status level rise and the 36 -inch rise over the life of the infrastructure. that looks at a status condition not a storm condition. when we have potentially 100 -year storm with that sea level rise and again trying to determine how we adapt to that and at what cost. finally we've developed these maps to show kind of existing condition, static sea level rise

condition and storm conditions to see what piece of real estate along san francisco are going to be most impacted should we in fact see king tides and hundred level storm. this is a very preliminary briefing to let you know there is loose -- a lot of science going into this and the potential impacts and we have not come up with any final determinations but we want you to know that we have the city's guidance by that committee and now we are assessing the risk based on that guidance. we will develop cost and schedule impacts to adaptation and we will take that information and plug it back to the ssip program to let you know if we need to make adjustments to that plan based on these new conditions and based on this new science. that's all i have for you

today. >> so this came out of the effort that was really citywide, right, from capital planning? >> yes. >> this is directive for all city agencies and infrastructure to really plan foresee level rise in the coming years? >> it was led by the city mayor and administration. we have already acknowledge the sea level rise and that was the reason why he was appointed to the chair because of his focus on the water adaptation to the puc itself. this is a citywide effort and we are not looking at only the obvious structures but the seawall itself as the impacts as the sea level

rise and the seismic issue because the seawall is coming into place. >> the baseline number for planning? >> that is the guidance that was approved at the committee two 2 weeks ago, i believe it was. again this is completely as an iterative process, we look at the impact, we look at how to adapt and then at the end of the day it becomes a return on investment question of our public funds. so the options to adapt can be quite varied. for us there may be more limited because of the needs for our facilities to sit where they do sit but pretty amazing consideration have been thought of along mission bay to two of the plans that are being considered. one of them actually looks at

what some people refer to as the hong kong approach and actually building up the land and developing upward and creating a larger bedroom -- berm -- another plan is a venice approach which we are going to be in undaegs in case of a storm and have all the building first floor be water proof and the streets turn into canals until it passes and come back to business as usual. there is no real hard cost analysis. >> is there any information about the flood suspect like the big problem areas, problem with

infrastructure? >> nothing as of yet. the biggest challenge that is evident is the fact that we have effectively a primary system through the release during the greater storms where it's designed in such a way when it fills the solids float to the bottom because of the shape of the box itself and floatables like cups and paper flow to the top and when that box gets filled starts discharging into bay and about 95 percent of the water release is rain water. if we see a 36 -inch level rise we will see a storm where it becomes underwater and it won't release into the bay and b, we'll start to

bring into the water and start affecting the biological plants. that's something we see a need for a fix. we don't have a plan, but we know we need to develop one. other areas in all likelihood need to be protected and on the ocean side the entire study on the impact of the rise and the taking of ocean beach and one of the things that the city is looking at is the potential for letting the road and highway and gray infrastructure. >> one last question. so when storm water comes in, if it ever rains again, when storm water comes in that theoretically contributes to the problem, correct, because of the combined system? >> yes.

>> so an integrative approach whether it's quickly or not is the question could really help either adding green or gallery type stuff. >> we are definitely advancing the water shed analysis and all the other urban water sheds taking a look at the water and potential of multiyear storms. we are looking at central bay side as the a because the current main is not seismic sufficient, but b, as to having the ability to take on more and coupling those analysis with the green infrastructure using infiltration and moving forward on all of our eip projects. i don't remember exactly what number but capturing the millions of gallons