for now, that time has expanded to 30 minutes. the bill requires two fundamental things i would like to hat highlights. a public employer to give a union notice regarding new employee orientation of new employees of that unit, at least ten business days prior to the orientation. they comply with that portion of the bill by providing all unions with an annual, central and typically, what we do, we sent out the annual schedule between november and december for the following year. in this particular case, for 2018, we sent our schedules between november and december. the second area at that the bill also covers, is employer to provide a union representing it's employees, with the name, job title, department, work location, home, work, and personal cellular telephones, personal e-mail addresses and that's been a coordination

efforts between my respective hr department, and dhr for the city. that is just to give you a quick i -- highlight of the bill. with the passing of this bill in concert and with working with commissioners, we have made some additional changes with respect to our communications with the labour union partners. regarding the following ways. we sent personal calendar invitations to the respected union organization who have members attending an eeo at each of the upcoming sessions with the wrist instructions on where to go, when to arrive and we also provided copies of the agenda and the roster which is the actual sign and seat. these invites typically go out 1-12 to a business days before n.e.o. is scheduled. to give you a context of how often we conduct n.e.o., we have a regular schedule of two n.e.o. a month at the training conference -- happens on the

first day of the employee's work. during the summertime, we moved to scheduling it every week due to the high volume of employees that we hire, and typically there in time. my staff are very busy at the moment. one of the request that was made was to further enhance our communications by implementing a new form which identifies employees a respective union organizations, contact information for the union representative, and a link so the employee can actually act on that information and become much more dictated about what being a represented employee means. this form will be on letterhead and will include the general manager's signature on it, and it will be disseminated at the beginning of every new employee orientation. we think commissioner courtney for working with us to enhance some of our communications. we indeed a partner with all of our respective labour

organizations to make sure all employees are aware which unions they belong to, and how we can continue to work with them in that partnership. at this time, i will take any questions you might have. >> thank you. public comment in this item? so i want to thank you for your work and your staff. i also want to note that this isn't just about the assembly bill, but the assembly bill, and that effort was really triggered by a national effort by those of you who don't know, supreme court decision that is inevitable coming down any day now that will really impact the way that labor unions an in the public sector do with their members and how the employer feels about their members. for a few years, i've been talking about as having some kind of an articulate -- articulate workforce development

at our level so we know exactly how we deal with current employees, onboarding, recruitment, et cetera. i think this is, not just a positive step, i think it is kind of step that, and i think we have to thank francesca and we need to thank the city thinky attorney's office too, about their assistance -- without their assistance, we would have wobbled more. there is a big difference between the kind of folks that work for the public utilities commission that work indoors and have college°. that are assigned workstations. we take these devices for granted. they are very expensive. expensive to upload. with my cable bill i cut that cable bill but with the folks that i come into contact with routinely, they are confronted with making decisions about whether or not to pay their auto insurance, or their cable or their internet or whatever it is. there is a big difference between a young man, a woman who is being brought on board at a

much lower rate of pay, from a community that we identify as being a community that we want to go over and above for. and so, providing them, and making sure they have that information, is probably one of the things that i hold most dearly to myself, in terms of taking care of our workforce. i do look forward, and this is an interesting game, because, you know, the chair man or chairwoman it sits in that seat for about a year. it is really, really hard to get anything done in a year. but that is how the game is played. so, i am moving this ball, and it's obvious, to everybody, i'm moving this ball because i expect a real thoughtful and deliberate approach to work force development in both the public and private sector, because the mayor, about a week ago, he also convened a group to anticipate the next economic downturn. the pressures that we were under 3-5 years ago, with respect to

the community workforce, they are about to come back here. we will be ready for it. because i think, even though we don't always agree, i think we are all thoughtful, and deliberate enough to work together, find a common ground, and get it through. my hope is that there is a little tweaking i see that i would like to talk to the general manager about, but i also want to thank the general manager and the city attorney, because at the end of the day, i want to be part of a conversation with all of us. i want to be part of a conversation that sets the gold standard for the city. i think the notification -- from the gm, and what we aim to do with this little onboarding piece, sets the gold standard and i think we should ask or other city departments have access to it. thank you for your efforts. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> now commissioner? >> thank you.

>> commissioner courtney. public comments on this item? item seven f. please. >> seven f., i was going to bring up the award and i just want to say, i want to thank staff on to answer your question park we actually looked at last years and we talked to the ways we can improve it. a lot of those ideas came from you and from some of our atms and staff who have worked on the awards. what i think everyone felt in the little video was that people can actually have and show their families. people who couldn't attend. i thought it was a great touch as well. i'm just really proud, and i'm looking forward to getting some feedback, so that next year will be even better. if you guys, or any commissioner attended, if you can provide

some feedback in ways that we can improve it, that would be great. and with that, that concludes my report. >> any public comment on seven f.? >> at this point i would like to hear the tale of the origin of this but we will sa save that fr another time. >> bay area water supply and conservation agency update. welcome. >> thank you commissioners. can i have the projector, please? i will apologize for my low-tech version here. i had a failure of technology on my end. so donna assisted me when i started out today. i wanted to take my time today to talk to you about an effort that we've been working on for

the last year. and we planned t plan to move fh it next year, regarding the governor's request to make water conversation a way of life. the work that we have been doing for that... and only 2017, there were two pieces of legislation that were introduced in sacramento to support the governor's call for water conservation and this was conservation above and beyond the idea of a drought conservation. really speaking to long turn -- long-term conservation use. both of those have moved through the legislature and have made it out at the legislature as they are awaiting the governor's signature. what we did, in july 2017, as we initiated the development of our strategic plan to meet this. to really try to decide how to help our agencies meet this requirement, and how to do it best. we anticipated to have a role for that, and this was our weight to try to develop that.

so that strategic plan had three main components. the legislation is very specific. it has very detailed requirements about how to develop water targets, activities you have to do, highly data intensive and activity focused. so, in looking at it, the question was, we have to assess what it will take for 26 agencies, 26 water suppliers that are small, and large. cities, water districts, private utilities, how do they have this information and do they have it available to them? what does it take for them to get this information? what are the systems in place within their districts that will help them, you know, do this work? so that assessment of their capability is is a critical component of it. we also looked at the cost of

that. not just what it would take for them to do it, but also trying to figure out what would it cost for them to do it? part of this was figuring out how do we help them implement the most cost-effective way? and we use this information to also develop our position on the legislation. we were relatively quiet, we don't speak on active positions aren't bills but we do push in certain directions. we work closely with the association of california water agencies and other water utilities in the states and with your staff as well, to get certain changes made for the legislation so it can be more easily implemented and actually made sense this type of area. and that was successful. on the legislation currently reflects that. the other thing that's this information did is we developed a work plan. based upon what the assessment said, and what they needed to do

and where we can identify some cost-effective opportunities, we put together a work plan. what we could do to help the agencies next year and what they were going to do. this idea of working together which is consistent with how we implement conservation today in the service area. so, a couple of the key pieces of this legislation, the first is outdoor water use. and examining what kind of information our agencies had to look at our out -- outdoor water use. landscape area measurements is one of the big requirements of this new legislation. essentially coming up with a water budget on a per residential account basis based on actual measurement data out. if you can imagine, i know this is one of your issues and constraints you have had to,

kind shows try to get that data is difficult. coming up with cost-effective ways to do that is important and how you deal with that amount of data. those types of analytical questions where the things we looked at with our agencies. commercial and industrial water use is another major component, that to be totally honest, a somewhat undeveloped in the service area. is not the largest sector of water use, and it has been one that has not easily been responding to previous water conservation efforts. so now, looking at, you know, what kind of commercial audits can we do? which ones are successful? how do we all classify our commercial accounts? do we all do it the same? and how do we change that at what would that take? these type of questions all get into different departments, if you will in the city, you know, who does the billing, who does all the information. it is not a slamdunk and try to figure out the answers. and then, water loss is another major component of legislation. it was building on a previous bill that passed a few years

before that. senate bill 555 that required agencies did you water loss evaluations, and then do verifications after that, every year. the first set of evaluations were sent in last fall. and now he requires verification. this is done annually. again, these are areas where it is like, what worked? what didn't work? what kind of help do you need? i will say, we have worked mostly with chris nelson in your water supply and treatment division manager, and helping us with this. it certainly impacts, you know, the work that you do on your metres, and your launching of the metres on the verification and all those types of things. that will be an ongoing effort. that is not an easy one, but it will be necessary to make -- meet the requirements of this law.

there's a reason why we don't do those things anymore. [laughter] so, last week, the board adopted the work plan for fiscal year 2018-2019. it essentially took all of this information and put it into an action plan. we did a lot of case studies with this analysis and try to look at other water utilities throughout the state and elsewhere to say, how did they meet these requirements? what are different ways to implement these programs? we brought that into what we are going to do. the first one is a residential indoor, outdoor water use study. the legislation requires a certain residential efficiency, and then we have to do the outdoor efficiency. we, in our region, have not done a study that provides a breakdown of what is an indoor use on a per account basis or a type of residential customer basis and an outdoor use. we will go through that process to understand what is the base start in the service area for

residential water use so we can understand, what do we need to tackle to meet the requirements of the law? the other thing we are going to do is implement a pilot audit program on a regional basis. we will look at a couple of different options to see what might work and come up with the best alternative to me to the needs an exhaustive -- cost-effective way for the agencies. the other piece is what we call our water loss management program. and bringing on someone to do multiple parts of this water loss investigation. it is highly analytical and there's very specific requirements. and unfortunately it is kind of like any other audit we have one person that does the analysis and you have to have a third party verification and then you also have education about it. what we have found is some agencies want help with the water loss and they will do the verifications and some want to do the verification without the loss. it is a combination of activities, but overall, getting

them to get these things done and getting them completed, so we can all meet the requirements of the state legislation. i'm really excited. i think it was a bold step for us to take this on a year ago. really, it is building on what has been our historic activity for water conservation, and what has worked in the service area, and in recognizing the differences between our agencies, and how we can help their needs. i was very excited with the support we go off and the board the other night and i look forward to seeing that what the results are. just to kind of, in my comments, so, as we continue to keep track of water use in the service area for last march, about a month and a half ago, i guess, use was 28% less than it was in march 2018.

this is where it is interesting. this is total water use. all support -- all supplies of the area. social water use has been reduced by 21%. the interesting thing, is for the san francisco supply, it was only reduced by, now i can't find my numbers. four%. so, this is something we know happened. agencies have multiple supply sources are using something different. and in this incidents, it is likely. another wholesaler in the issues have a treatment issue in their plants. they asked some of their agencies to take more san francisco supply. the presumption is it will balance itself out. it was certainly things we have done in the flip side, but it is an interesting thing to track. if you look at one supply, you missed the picture. this is something we will continue to keep track of as we

move through that season and we see what the long-term implications are. with that, i will conclude my comments. >> thank you. commissioners? thank you very much. is there any public comment? we will move to the consent count. madam secretary? >> all matters constitute the consent calendar are considered to be retained by the san francisco public utilities commission and will be acted upon by single vote of the commission. there will be no discussion. in which event the matter will be removed from the calendar and considered a separate item. >> the request to remove items from the consent calendar? >> commissioners? or public? no discussion, the public comment, do we have a motion to

approve? all in favour? opposed? approved. item number 10. >> item number 10, improvement number 1, customer and administrative services for community choice aggregation programs with energy solutions, and authorize the general manager to bring and this amendment and increase it by 14 million and extend th extentm of the agreement by three years. >> discussion, commissioners? >> any public comment on item ten. do i have a motion to approve? all in favour? opposed? item 11, please. >> item 11, approve correction to an error of scheduled... adopted by the commissioner on april 10th 2018 by resolution number 18 to include a monthly

service charge for nonresidential customers at the wastewater enterprise. >> any discussion? any public comment in item 11? i have a motion to approve. all in favour? opposed? please read the closed session items. >> item 14, existing litigation. a proposed partia propose partif action as to property damage. numerous plaintiffs are remaining in litigation. a settlement amount of 28,000. item 15 as existing litigation. a proposed settlement of action with the plaintiffs release of all actions of the city. the plaintiff amount of hundred 99,000.

as a president mentioned at the beginning of the meeting, item 16-21 will not be heard today. >> it's or any public comment on matters to be addressed during closing? do i have a motion to assert the attorney-client privilege regarding the mitre -- items below? all appro

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