career pathways as well and with that i'm going to turn it over to yolanda and see how well she does knowing that she was planning on using slides today. >> you know i'm going to have to go but i want to thank you in advance i do support this and i very much like the idea of public lands unused being activated for and by the community especially as a utility and i'm excited to learn more about the job angle as well so thank you. >> thank you. apologies for the technical difficulties i think we're going to try to work through it so if i could get the projector up -- the slides please. i apologize. it's very small, but we'll go from here. thank you commissioners. i'm delighted to be here today to give you an update on this very exciting

and engaging pilot program and i'd also like to thank you for your vision in adopting this program back in 2011 because it really is a tangible example of our good neighbor policy in action and i'd like to start quickly by explaining the implementation approach and you initially identified 3 sites for us to explore urban agriculture or growing food on land and work closely with the local communities as well as with our sister agency at rec and park that now houses this broader citywide agriculture program to ensure that our work not only helps bring benefits to the local areas but also these broader citywide goal and see in so doing what is the landscape of existing food

growing in the city and what's missing and we asked the communities of the local sites what can the puc as the water power sewer help contribute to those broader goals and efforts and the first phase is the learning garden in be r.n.na l heights and what you are looking at is a rendering from the landscape architect and it's very much focussed on k through 5 education in in partnership with the local school district and we heard from the community that they wanted a physical space where their children can learn all ranges of cutting technology from green infrastructure to renewable energy and somewhere where the kids could really roll up their sleeves and play and understand these big engineering concepts on a micro scale so we approached this in

a unique manner and partnered with the curriculum developer so each feature in in the garden has a specific curriculum attached to it so that we know we're doing our part to educate and groom the next the next generation of environmental stewards and rate payers who will maintain our system and there's rain gardens and green roofs and we're proposing to have the first composting toilet on city land and each one has a specific critic let curriculum for children to learn more about the work that the puc does. >> the second site which you identified in 2011 is adjacent to our southeast treatment plant and this site was a very different challenge and after engaging with the community for about 2 years we heard loud and

clear that the community had a lot of concerns about activating this space for the purposes of growing food and one because it was in front of our sewage treatment plant and 2 it's a very heavily truck trafficked road next to a gas station and concerns around the appropriateness of growing food there arose significantly and we determined at this time it's not feasible to move forward with the site activation for the purposes of growing food so we heard from the community that there's a the that there's a lot of community gardening happening in bayview hunter's point and there was a need to support more of those existing operations and at the same time through that broader citywide agriculture program i mentioned housed at rec and park there was a city goal of establishing resource centers

across the city for someone who wants to grow their own food could learn about propagating plants and soil health and at the same time the community members in bayview hunters point wanted to put forward a community driven model what would that look like? so we partnered with 2 community organizations as well as with rec and park to develop a series of resource centers that were pop up in nature and mobile . there's a lot of transportation access issues in bay views hunters point so we deviced this and the other feature of this pilot was to work with local youth and provide them leadership and workforce development opportunities so 10 youth from

hunter's point families and we have our next one coming up march 14th adjacent to the site here so while the site was not appropriate to grow food we did hear in terms of a place where community members can pickup compost that would make sense. we're trying that out march 14th and these are just some more photos from the one we had in january. the girl was working from a hunter's point family and the the final site supervisor avalos mentioned earlier. this model was unique from the beginning in large part of supervisor avalos's

deep engagement from the outset and he worked to identify both the key stakeholders that would really work with the puc and community engagement and understanding what that local community wanted out of the site and being steadfast with us throughout the process and you can see a little bit on the screen there that larger tract represents all of the puc jurisdiction, the land under the puc jurisdiction and originally looked at a couple of different sites for this farm but for competing uses we quickly settled on developing the southeast portion currently undeveloped land and what's interesting about this, it shows actually the way that the pilot program like the urban agriculture pilot program can actually serve to benefit

broader puc work and through this process working closely with the real estate division and came to understand that there was actually a jurisdictional boundary dispute rec and park build it was under their jurisdiction when indeed it's under puc jurisdiction so we spent a good deal of time clarifying legally and making sure it was clear it was puc land and clear going forward. but so that's just one of the benefits that comes along with these kinds of pilots. we got some really great data and over 93 percent of the residents said they would like to have a

space to grow food and more importantly come together to grow food and exchange their cultural traditions and heritage and have a place of pride for this community and at the same time this is a very bio diverse area of the city so this idea of merging both bio diversity as well as human cultural diversity sharing those values through growing food has has emerged as a scene for this site. >> at college hill we're at a hundred percent design and hope to be coming back to you in a short time for the award of the construction contract. the goal is to have it built by the next school year. with with regards to the initial site identified in bayview, we have determined at this point it's not feasible to activate for

food growing purposes and with the crocker amazon site we're moving forward with the analysis this spring doing a new biological survey and then after that we intend to partner with podare to continue that site design and refinement and ultimately have them be the operator of that site on behalf of of the puc and with that that i'd be happy to answer any questions. >> well, it sounds very exciting. >> thank you. >> and i just have one question on the bayview site. i thought i heard you say that you were considering using that as a way of distributing mulch and other soil did i get that right? >> on a temporary basis. we developed a series of pop ups

1 day where the community can pickup those resources and yes, along the fell side where there's a trellised area a beautiful space not often used in march one of these days where folks can pickup soil and mulch. >> no long-term? >> no not at this time correct. >> thank you very much. i do have some speakers on this item. keith tanner? >> >> thank you. i'm keith tanner from the san francisco urban agriculture alliance and it's

an all volunteer community group consisting of several hundred individuals and organizations that advocates for the growing of food within san francisco and i'm here on behalf of the sfuaa to voice our support for the work being done by the sfpuc and encourage the commission to continue with the exciting projects that you see here today and especially excited that the city is pursuing urban agriculture on public land so we'd like for you to keep up the good work. thanks. >> thank you. next speaker -- hannah schulman. >> hello commissioners. like

yolanda said a year ago the recs and park department started the program. they have been an amazing partner thus far. we've been working together on a number of projects and they have continued to pursue this idea to make sure there's accessible resources for folks to access access this and dedicated towards the the new sites and our informal working group that i helped staff that gets us talking about urban agriculture issues citywide so we've seen a lot from the puc so far and love to see them

continue. thank you for the work and especially the staff report. >> thank you. our next speaker is -- is it theresa? >> hi my name is theresa i'm a youth program coordinator and i want to thank you for this opportunity to be in to be in this partnership. yolanda shared some of the survey results we had about 40 youths go out and survey and collect 300 surveys just door knocking around the park and it was beautiful to be able to hear, you know, different neighbors talk about their experiences from like growing olive trees and tomatoes don't really grow that well in that area and we

really want to be with our neighbors who we don't speak the language but share gardening so it was nice to see the people so excited and we also surveyed some some of the schools and it was beautiful to see like you know fifth graders wanting to grow flowers for mother's day or potatoes to celebrate saint patrick's day so really excited we can collaborate with the puc and other agencies and create opportunities for us to be able to like connect to the food we're eating and create healthier habits and create food sources in in neighbors where there are not a the a lot of supermarkets so thank you so much it's been an amazing experience. >> thank you so much for coming to speak to us. any other

speakers? come forward, please. >> greetings commissioners. i'm the diversity coordinator from the department of the environment and this is a really amazing project and i want to make a couple of points to support the spirit of what they are pursuing here and we've been working for a while now throughout the city to preserve the natural areas in the city and increasingly building a narrative intersection between urban agriculture and bio diversity. so we're really exciting about this site and personally i'm very expressed with the community organization who just spoke for their holistic vision including integrating

not only the vast diversity of outreach they have done throughout the community but also the native american folks as well that's the community we can really look in terms of inspiration in terms of of our environment. the placement of the site is adjacent to the parking lot and i think that that the project itself will really serve to enhance the environment of that part of the park in terms of the mutual feedback involving the community and taking care of the land and growing food and supporting bio diversity and for example having a native plant nursery among one of the

things propagated at the site and we're looking forward to working with all of of the partners and appreciate yolanda's leadership on this thanks a lot. >> thank you. any other speakers? seeing none, next item, please. >> item 8 is the consent calendar all matters listed here constitute a consent calendar are considered to be routine by the sfpuc and will be acted upon by a single vote of the commission. no discussion unless a member of the public so requests in which the matter will be removed from the calendar and considered as a separate item. 8 a award agreement cs cs 297 and authorize the general manager to negotiate and execute 4 professional service agreements not to exceed 4 $4 million with the duration of 5 years.

>> b approve amendment number 2. cs cs 894 and authorize the general manager to execute this agreement with no change to the agreement amount. >> c authorize the general manager for agreement d b-126 with a duration of 15 years. >> d for contract in the amount of 80, 760 and future modifications to the contract. >> e -- not to exceed 5 $5 million to the lowest qualified and bidder. >> f --

>> g increase in the construction cost contingent in the amount of 680 $680,000. >> h award contract number ww 510 r to the lowest qualified and responsible responsive bidder. >> i--approved modification number increasing the contract and with a time extension of 1 30 consecutive calendar days. >> j. >> any requests to remove any of these items? >> i'd like to separate c.

>> you would like to remove c? >> for separate discussion. >> to the public, any item to be removed? okay. may have a motion please? >> move. >> second. >> okay all those in favor aye. >> the the motion carries. >> we're now going to address item 8 c. >> thank you. item 8 c what first got my attention it was a fifty a $50 million item on the consent calendar and it made me read it carefully and i've had a chance to ask staff questions to talk about that and we met briefly this morning to talk about that and the work here is clearly needed and i think we are fortunate in that staff has been able to do to do a business case supporting the project which i think we have some write up that could be made available to the

commission. we also have been able -- the sense of the staff is the the cost estimates are pretty good and the estimates at this point it is however early in the process admitted ly and as we get farther into the process of figuring out exactly what needs to be done we're going to know with more precision what the final cost is going to to be. what i would like to do is request that as this contract proceeds and as we start making choices that really effect what the final cost of the program is, the staff come back to the commission essentially with a final budget for the project and i think this is a decent estimate and a good basis to go forward with but i'd like to see the trade-offs that have to be made if we can come in

under fifty that's great and we should know the choices as well. >> yeah i don't think that's a problem. >> with that caveat, i'd be pleased to move the item. >> okay. i hear a second over here. >> yes. >> all those in favor? >> aye. >> opposed? the motion carries. >> next item, please. >> item 9 approve the selection of the urban forest award agreement c s-101 og and not to exceed eighty $80,000 with an option to renew the grant up to to 2 years with commission approval. >> i think this is rather clear do you have any questions or comments commissioners? >> would you like to add any comment? >> i would defer. >> okay. >> may have a motion. >> i'll move it. >> second. >> all those in favor?

opposed? the motion carries. >> i do have one information for the commission i just want to let everyone know that it has been approved unanimously by the board so we now have our fifth commissioner. >> that's wonderful news. we're complete. i forgot to ask for public comment on item number 9. seeing none the next item please. >> item 10 approve revenue generating a program to license for street line conduits. >> i'll move it. >> second. >> i'm sorry? >> it has been moved and seconded is that correct? all those in favor? >> aye. >> opposed? the motion carries any public comment on that? no. next item please?

>> item 11. cs 918 increasing the agreement by 2 million with a time a time extension of 1 year pursuant to charter section 9.118. >> i'll move approval. >> second. >> [laughter] okay. all those in favor. >> aye. >> opposed? the motion carries next item. >> item 12. increasing the agreement by 30 million with a time extension up to 2 years and 10 months pursuant to charter section 9.118. >> . >> can we read both of them together? >> item 13 -- increasing the

agreement by 500 $500000. >> i'll move both 12 and 13. >> i will second them both. >> okay. i would like discussion. >> madam president and members of the commission. this contract is related to the calaveras contract as you know the one we had the subsurface landslide requiring a major change order to the contract needed 3 million cubic yards of soil. because of that that we also now have to extend the construction management contract by black and veatch and we have expended the original amount under the original terms of the contract

and now asking for an extension to keep the same staff and consultant team that's been on board to finish the contract out and we're making recommendations and changes primarily number 1 a recognition of adjustment and direct salaries for consultant staff working on the job recognizing the cost of live increases and some of them have received promotional opportunities and we want to make sure to keep them on our job and are willing to pay their direct salaries as adjusted by their firms and secondly we've brought in specialized staff that are specialized for the work we need there in the earth movement and naturally occurring asbestos situation and we want an adjustment to allow for payment to traffic for those specialists longer

than anticipated because of the conditions that we have reached. >> and because of the investment black and veatch has they has they have asked us to go to biweekly bills so their outlay would be 325 thousand per pay period and agreeing to that process under this contract by weekly payments. >> okay. any questions? >> i don't have a question just a comment and there's been a lot of discussion it's probably the most challenging project that we have right now and i think we're lucky to be in a situation where the company black and veatch is going to see us all the way through to the very end and that's why i moved the item because i felt pretty comfortable just getting

this done. kudos i have seen anything more challenges since i've been here. >> any comment? no. >> i had a question a couple of questions. when i looked at this, i used the figure of 5 hundred $500,000 a month because that's what we're asking for in the next item to carry per month. anyway, working with that figure and 30 $30 million that would be at 5 hundred at $500,000 a month that would be for be for 5 years so what i'm questioning is this amount of 30 million. >> if i can clarify. the second item which is the 500 $500,000 is simply the maximum number that we can come to you as a commission to ask for an extension without going to the board of supervisors so that's where the 5 hundred the

$500,000 comes from and gives us time to work through the contract changes if you were to approve that contract change that's before you so they are not connected directly. the 500, 000 does not represent a month of work for the contract but the maximum amount that we can request without going to the board and the second would need to go to go to the board of supervisors for approval so we had originally calendared this item and pulled it because we thought that there were some concerns expressed and we thought we could negotiate better with black and veatch and they came back to the table and they were willing to give up some of things bringing the costs down significantly therefore we're bringing it back to to you with a bit of