like on the promenade in santa monica, or other places, we put a big red mark on so people know not to ride there. but as far as the g.p.s. knows, it needs to get along further. >> co-chair blacksten: we're running tight on time. i know there are more questions. is there anymore from staff? let's go to the bridge line? >> i want to thank her for the

fantastic presentation, hit every point, nail on the head perfectly about the concerns that the new products are raising. as someone who uses a wheelchair, i've been impacted by more obstacles on the sidewalk. and i'm just very concerned with how this program even launched. i think it was in very bad faith, just littering the sidewalks with hundredsf these things. i've only seen people ride them on the sidewalks. and i agree with miriam that locking them up, having like the way the ebikes are locked up, for the equipment, and i really am concerned that a lot of this is being pushed onto the drivers and not onto the companies to be held accountable for what is happening here. because i don't think users are going to just magically change.

i mean, the government has been spending millions of dollars to get people to quit drinking and driving, yet 10,000 people a year die in drunk driving accidents. that's a high number. so this is a problem for the companies that are idurong into the public streets, which they are lrihi n product. and the burden should not be placed on the consumer. i want to say, i also notice there is no helmets, pads and i'm very concerned about the people that are paying tose the scooters, even if they're riding in the streets, are taking a great safety risk in san francisco. i would like to see the companies do something about that. but i think miriam really laid it all out. the issue of equity and accessibility for people of all financial brackets as well, is another concern with the product.

and -- concerned that another obstacle to -- and we're going to be -- on us to report -- [line breaking ] ore obstacles. >> co-chair blacksten: let's allow them to respond. >> no, they don't respond. >> co-chair blacksten: i'm sorry. >> just to clarify, the council has the opportunity to work with the presenters to help provide response to those responding to public comment. >> co-chair blacksten: thank you for clarifying. that's what i thought. can we have a response? if you care to. >> you know, addressing the issue of helmets, i know that is a state law that everyone is required to wear a helmet while riding and they offer helmets

free to all users in the app. i have one myself. and speaking of somebody who actually lives in santaic and was a little frustrated with the way bird launched there, too, when it came out. copan just two weeks ago as a matter of fact, i bel the were reaching out to me, the shared street activist, because they're working in good faith to learn from the initial bumpy ams takes to improve what i believe personally can be a genuine asset for someone le me who doesn't own a car and doesn't want to. and have what i'd like to call, an ecosystemf diverse transportation opportunities for people of all abilities and financial backgrounds. that's where we can be heading with this and that's why we're all here today, to make sure

that's where we go. >> co-chair blacksten: thank you very much. if there is not any more comments from the bridge line, we want to thank you for your presentations. this was great. now we're going to public comment. >> tiffanyro diverseability. >> hi, my name is tiffany, two quick things here. if the scooters aren't allow on the sidewalk, why are they allowed to be parked there? because they're free standing, can they be parked on the streets similar to the scooters from that company scoot? and then the second thing, if they're going to be treated like bikes, there are so many rules that were outlined in the mta presentati around all of the places they can't be parked, but can we just limit it to they can only be parke in the places where bikes can be parked? >> co-chair blacksten: thank you for your comment. i think we have a second one.

>> we do. >> hi, everybody. golden gate r center. my question is first it feels like education, community engagement, accessibility weren't weaved into the fabric of the business plan from the beginning. it sounds like the companies know that government and legislation is slow, so you just did things and then asked for forgiveness. is this the first conversation you've had with t city, with disability communities? how many of these conversations have each of you had to gather feedback before launching? >> co-chair blacksten: we appreciate your comment. are there any more comments from the public? >> no. >> co-chair blacksten: all right, well this has been a great time to have a conference

with you. we expect to continue this conversation going forward. so i think that's going to conclude the 8 information item on scooters and now l proceed to number 9, information item. improving the quality of muni/bart elevators at powell and civic center stations. our presenter is tim chan. welcome to the mayor's council on disability. >> hi, thank you for having me. my name is tim chan, i'm the acting group manager for bart in the station planning program. so this is my baby. this is my project. we worked really hard in partnering with sfmta and hunter point family to deliver this project.

i'm going to tell but it and what we have heard and some of the data we received from the first three days. it's no surprise, right, to anyone what goes on in the elevators and it's been going on muchlon ag time. to the frustration of our customers, both bart and muni, as well as thest f. the minute our cleaners come in to clean it, right behind it, someone goes in and does stuff. it's never ending battle. so we were really inspired by the pit stop program. that is run by public works. and i meet with them on a very regular basis to cover all isroun a the bart stations in san francisco. and so as i learned more and more about first the program, the successes around the program, and then also the tnership wnters point family, we started to have conversations maybe we need to do something similar with the elevators as a pilot. and that's what we did. so we had many meetings with

sfmta, they're a funngdi partner for this pilot. and then probably the eventual rollout of the program, but then also with hunters point family, we wanted to make sure thathe organization was going to deliver what it's reputation is with the city. and in fact, they have. so essentially the scope of the pilot is that we have elevator attendants, they're in the elevators at all times. they are operating the elevator. they're the ones pressing the buttons at the street level and also at the platform level. eyon't exit out of the elevators unless there is a specific need. so for example, if our cash handling people are coming in, they step out, allow the cash handling staff to go into the stations and then go right back into the elevators to operate it. they're there from the moment the station opens around 4:00 a.m. in the morning to the time it closes at 1:00 a.m.

and their job is to do a few things. first, they greet our customers, bart and muni. they greet the customers and ofhat are using the ut t t ers. they do an actual count, every time someone comes in. and record that information. so first, i'd like to give you data and then i'll tell you about the responses we've heard from many people. so we have always known the elevator was well used, i don't think we had a sense of how well used it really, really was. and we think with all of the promotional and the marketing and the stories around the elevator attendant, that increased that number. but i am happy to report, so the first three days, we saw an average at civic centre, almost 1900 users. so your jaws can drop, because

mine certainly did. we also did capture different types of users. we cover people with bikes, people with strollers, luggage and ada. i want to be clea we don't ask people if they're disabled. we do not ask that question, but if treiously physically and visually impaired mobility-impaired then we note that. so when i give you a number, average is 19 civ center, know that there could be more than at because we don't capture all of that number. that's what we're seeing at civic center. and at powell street it's almost 1800 users and of that ernu about 128 are clearly ada. so we're incredibly encouraged by the numbs. and what it does, it makes the case to our executive team, to our managers and then also to

the board that this is a service that is so critical and desperately needed. so we expect it to contin. our budget goes for adoption to the board i think on june 14. sso for a full year, will be included t budget. i don'inkur is going to reject it. think it's going to continue all the way through fiscal year 19. and then from there, we will also l rolling it o for future years as well. now, we do -- we have already received questions about whether or not it can be rolled out, expanded to other stations. and that's a question that we're going to have to really figure out. we've already had early conversations. nothing identified or confirmed. but know that the cost of delivering something like this for a full year, it's about $1.2 million. that is not for bart staff charging, that is notffmta

sta charging, that is for a hunters point family to deliver all the support they need for the program. so $1.2 million, that's for two stations if we were to roll out to other stations, we h to double that, or triple that. and that means that bart and mta haveave the difficult conversation about what we're not doing. and it's not to say it's not worth it, we know it's worth it. we have to have the tradeoff dssns. he feedback we've gotten has been tremendous. thh mea, all the e-mails we received, sent to our customer service. it has been ohelmveingly positive. yesterday i wasn't to see the folks over at sfmta to give a similar presentation. i don't get applause very often, but certainly people there wer y a they didudppla this

effort. i don't think they're applauding me, just the effort. i'm just so happy, at a time when public transportation and our projects and conditions are so challenged in the city, that we've got some wins going on and it's really making a big difference. wan d to share thatith you all. and i'm open for questions. >> co-chair blacksten: thank you for the presentation. that's great. alex? >> council member madrid: thank you for coming. i have two questions. one is that when you saidbout the cleanliness of those two stations,ight now it's very clean around e they going to

continue to clean the elevators? because when i- staffing maintain, because it's pretty clean so far. and the second question is, i ride bart and go to 16th and 24th street, and it's pretty disgusting. >> oh, i know. >> council member madrid: i'm just being blunt. have you guys, ind ustand the money issue is tight, and the

question is, how come those stations are not included for this time around? and the last question is reaching -- possibly thinking about adding this muni and bart budget to maintain this program? >> ok, so i think the first question is the answer iyes. i mean, even though -- so our aten dapts, part of the negotiation with the unions, they were not going to do any union work. and so that's why we limited their scopen tms of really just saying hello, how are you, greeting the customers and then doing recording, but they're not supposed to do any work that is

associated with our system service workers, our janitorial staff, custodial staff, station agents. so they're not there to clean. in the event there are inciden around safety, security and cleanliness, their job is to immediatelyot nify the right ho will immediately dispatch the safety security, our police officers, our community service officers and then cleaners to address the situation. you know, in terms of the pilot, we wanted to not be too ambitious, right? so in a pilot, we wanted to make sure we keep the scope relatively tight. we did identify civic center and powell as the most challenf all the stations we have, so it was a no-brainer to select those two. that's why we didn't do 16th and 24th. however, we're already having conversans ande know the elevator cleanliness challenges at those two stations. and that's part of the tradeoff

discussion, how much more is it going to take, probably another $1.2 million, to cover 16 and 24th and what is it we won't be doing as a result of that? and bart, our system is 50 years old and i think you know we have challenges. we're delivering new rail cars, they're not completely funded, we have rail cars to think about and a bond program, but that doesn't pay for cars. have a lot of deferred maintaenance we have to start taking care of. there is a lot of stuff that is part of the mix. and that's part of the discussion at the staff lel, executive level and board level. know it's on the radar. so don't think we haven't or won't forget about it. >> co-chair blacksten: fantasti

fantastic. >> i wanted to make inquiry about a thing that happened in the station with the drugs, how is that received by the people of san francisco and by -- >> i'm sorry, with the drug, with the recent stuff? yeah. it's been very vy ll received. and so what happened, last week, there was a walk-through with the mayor, three of our bart directors, as well as our general manager and other staff to reall lk at the conditions of civic centre. they already have seen the video, right? they've seen that and so they did a walk-through and it was really fantastic to hear the mayor, you know, acknowledge the challenges that we face at that station and the station area. and really to dedicate police staffing to help bart. we are short almost 30 bodies in the bart police department.

we are desperately trying to hire high quality candidates, but it's very difficult. as we are continuing to try to hire, we need help from the san francisco police department and that's what the mayor and chief scott has helped us with. on wednesday, i was there in the morning doing site visiting and immediately, i saw san francisco police department at the top of the top of the entrances and patrolling in the concourse area. and i started to receive lots of compliments from people. they're cheerful, just again, adding that positive energy we desperately need at that station. this will continue. we had a follow-up meeting with the mayor and his team. this partnership is going to continue with sf police department and we're excited about that and it's going to be fantastic for our customers. >> co-chair blacksten: sounds good. any more questions?

>> council member mcdonald: i don't understand how it costs $1.2 million to service two stations. i mean, why does it cost so much? >> they are paid $15 an hour, so we start with that. they're not $3.50. but there islso a fair amount of administrative support costs. so it's not just the attendants, it's the site supervisors, the project managers, the executive staff. and they're not charging full-time, but they are spending some time on this. there are people entering information into the computer. there are uniforms we need to purchase. there is a lot of other direct costs and administrative support costs we had to add to the attendant program. we're staffing about 35 attendants right now, because we're talking about 21 hours. so we have i think five people

doing 7-hour shifts and there are three shifts. so you can begin to see why it's about $1.2 million for the whole year. >> co-chair blacksten: really appreciate the clarification. if there is no me comments from the council, i know it's about quarter to 4:00, i need to go to staff. any questions from staff? >> hi, thank you so much for being here, i'm nicole bohn. on behalf of the mayor's office -- i want to applaud bart. >> don't forget mta. >> the civic centre space is a portal to our office, so we're appreciative. my question is around some of the data and wondering a couple of things. it might be too early, but i'm wondering with the attendance, if you're seeing breakdowns

happen less frequently. and as a follow-up to that, i'm wondering if part may be able to consider using some of this data you're collecting. >> first of all, i'm happy to eport, s we e tracking that metric. multiple metrics. we've collected it before we rolled out the pilot, and we're going to keep tracking around elevator availability as well as cleanliness. so the number of service calls that are needed each time. and so we will be able to start reporting that 6 months to a year time frame. i am also very excited to report and this is something i'm working with sfmta and the transportation authority. we know that if one elevator is down, that's it. we've heard time and again from

our frustrated customers where they have to backtrack and go to a different station and pray that elevator is working. that's just not acceptable. so we're worng with the other agencies on putting together a design study to identify -- and we've done station modernization plans, so we have a sense of where the redundant elevators are going, we just need to take to it the next level of design. the plan is to put an extra street elevator on the other side of market street somewhere. and then at the concourse level, we have like civic center and at powell street and montgomery, they're serving both bart and muni. not only that, it's not easy to get to. so what we're doing, those elevators we're going to enclose it in a bart paid area. and we're going to identify a new muni-only elevator in the

muni paid area. and what is going to happen, on the bart side, that elevator will also serve muni in the event of emergency or repair or something. and then the muni-only elevator will serve bart for the same reason. but know there is always going to be redoneredundancredundancy. but it's so needed and we're moving forward with that. >> thank you so much, that would be another great presentation when you're close to that plan. i know we're short, but it's really important to ask, what does bart need to terms of letters of support, or advocacy to continue the program do you think? what would be most helpful? >> you need money, that is always helpful. [laughter] so anything you all can help us with in terms of identifying potential grant opportunities, that would be

fantastic. being our biggest advocate is also great. but when we do the grant stuff, is when the letters and all that really comes into play. you know, it never hurts to write letters to our general manager, to ed riskin, to our board, bevan, nick, latifah and just letting them now how happy, thrilled you are with this and love to see the program continue. i think that would be fantastic. >> thank you. >> co-chair blacksten: all right. >> thank you so much for coming. i called you last minute and you jumped at the opportunity. as a regular bart customer for the past 12 years, coming from west oakland to san francisco to civic center, i personally want to thank you, because i've gotten way less sick since you

started that program. there is also this area, it's also high employment area for people with disabilities. and we also are beginning to realize that sometimes we have to wait in line to use the elevators because everybody elst to use the elevator. so it's no longer just a disability access point, it's a universal access point. we have seniors, we have bikers. so now up until that program started, nobody wanted to use the evator. and it was not just the cleanliness, but also the safety. over theast two years, i've been assaulted, i've been sick, i've been pickpocketed in the elevator. and based on where it's located for the elevator, there is areas

not patrolled by bart police. tripped over individuals who were passedt, injecting. it was pretty horrible. so, i would say, as you're beginning to think to calculate tradeoffs, really start thinking about the safety issue that yoreaking care of. and the potential lawsuit. and liability that comes with that. for many of us, we have no other option but the elevator. it felt like we were on the bottom of the food chain. and you know, thank you for that program. i had an opportunity to talk to director and there are oth issues, but the safety is a huge one. >> thank you. >> co-chair blacksten: thank you. all right, let's go to the -- if

there is no more comment from staff, let's go to the bridge line. >> anyone on the bridge line? >> yes. zack here, i'm going to have be to the odd person out, i do not ar entsimor this project. i'm very -- bart has a very poor track record for the disabled, i'm a wheelchair user in san francisco. i cannot buy a onetime disabled ss to get on bart. many bart stops don't have restrooms which is why people urine ate in the pel viator, but -- elevator, which bart police have targeted and i don't want to see people being brutalized more because they need to relieve themselves and

they do it in an inappropriate way. i'm concerned whether or not these people, in the elevators are going to be armed. i do feel safe with bart people who are armed with their track record of shooting people in the back. bart has a poor track order of taking disabilities into account. there have been elevators not working continuously, there is always one elevate that doesn't work. this is cota and this is just an example of how much bart es not prioritize people with disabilities. and again, like i cannot buy a disabled one-time pass, getting onto a bart train. >> co-chair blacksten: thank you for your remarks. >> -- so i'm very skeptical about the goal of this. i do want cleaner elevators that

people have mentioned, i do want safer elevators as well. i'm concerned at the motivations here and i would like to see restrooms at more bart stations at the same time as something like this is considered. thank you. >> co-chair blacksten: thanks for your comment. all right, so we have one person, public comment here. >> >> hi, just a quick comment. i think what is great, you are creating jobs and i would urge you to actually hire people with disabilities as the attendants or people experiencing homelessness. given the fact it costs half a million dollars for each station, i'm curious if you're looking into other alternatives like increasing video surveillance, et cetera. >> co-chair blacksten: i want to thank you for the comment. for the speaker, i want to just simply say to you, this is --

you're doing a lot of greet work. we want -- great work. we want to continue having a conversation with you, collaborating with you and i want to simply say from my there is an additional dog safety hazard for me. i have to go to the civic center, bart station quite often. we walk across needles and many other things. and it's a risk to her. so you need to be aware there is a guide dog user community out there, and we have to deal with it, too. and so, you're doing great work, thank you. i'm going to close this item out. great discussion. that's all i can say. all right, so now public comment. are there any comments from the public that is not on the agenda today?

>> brief comment. i just want to thank everyone here today for the time. i think there has been great discussions. i want to pvie-may . totally looking forward to hearing from people and continuing the conversation. and lastly, i just want to ask, to mod in a general suggestion, concern, for local organizations, i'm really concerned about the response time for a request, a communication request around accessibility. as well as request to speak to a supervisor. i bring these two issues up, because i've had many experiences where i've waited weeks or months for a reply from sfmta and other organizations. and have sometimes been refused to be able to speak with a supervisor. so i'm just kind of wanting to

follow up on that. and that seems not right to me, so i would love to work with mod staff possibly to look into those issues. thank you. >> co-chair blacksten: thank you. we'll make note of your suggestion. and move forward accordingly. are there any more public comments? we always want to hear them. all right. not hearing any. let's move on to item number 12 -- i forgot correspondence. >> there is not any correspondence at this time. >> co-chair blacksten: thank you. now we go to council member comments and announcements. are there any from my colleagues on the council? none. no comments. i don't have any either right now. you'll hear further report from me next month. this has been a great meeting. i appreciate you all coming.

if any of the presenters are around, i'm sure you may get questions. we want to continue collaborating and talking with you. with that, i think, hey, we're right o jusmet ou4:00 do i hear someone to adjourn? >> i move that we adjourn. >> co-chair blacksten: all right, we're adjourned.

>> good afternoon, everybody. welcome to the tuesday may 22nd meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission. role call, madam secretary. while you are getting that, i'll let you know that the items 16 through 21 on closed session will not be heard. placed on the june 12th agenda. >> president kwon. [roll call taken]

>> we have a quorum. >> item number 3, approval of the minutes of may 8, 2018, discussion first, public comments second and then the motion to approve and vote. that said, any discussion on the minutes? is there anylic comment on the minutes of may 8? motion to approve? >> approved. >> second. pre>>dent kwon: all in favor, ok, approved. item number 4, general public comment. in the jurisdiction and not on the agenda. a speaker card here for mr. chris shutes, welcome. >> thank you. is this on? very good, thank you. good afternoon, chris shuttes

with the california sport fishing protection alliance, and longime participant in the hydro electric projects. may 16, my colleagues and i got word a republican congressman from the sa joaquin valley had attached an amendment to the appropriations bill to the depa ment of commerce. prohibit the national marine fishery service from virtually any participation in the don pedro and the graininger projects. last that evening, organizations including c.s.p.a. submitted a letter to the house appropriations committee proposing the amendment. on may 17 it passed in committee. i have a couple of paper copies, someone was supposed to bring more and he has not made it yet. clear in recent filings with the federal regulatory commission, the city and the sfpuc clearly

have a stake in the outcomes of the don pedro and the grange licensing proceedings. i hope we can agree that a legiiv rider that circumvents environmental laws and protections is not the right way we desire. i request it be on the agenda next meeting and ask the sff to draw up a resolution for consideration by the commission at that time. i realize it's short notice. however, the appropriations bill for commerce m move to the house floor in early june. and time is of the essence. some colleagues are here today to provide some additional context for now. i will gladly answer any questions. thank very much. >> president kwon: thank you. any questions? may i pass these to the secretary? >> thank you. >> president kwon: thank you very much.

mr. drikmeier, peter, welcome. >> thank you, president kwon. and commissioners. peter yer,methe river trust. all aware scott pruitt and the trump administration have waged a war on the environment, and it's something we need to pay attention to. and it's san francisco's values. i wanted to readou a few figures from a public opinion poll, on san francisco attitude towards water rates and water supplies. and the number one reason that people were much more inclined to support diversifying the water supply was the environment and the question was, or the statement, this proposal will be good for the environment by using other sources of water,

less water will be taken from california rivers and more freshwater available to the fish, wildlife and plants that depend on it. and another question recycled water for irrigation and the environment was the number one reason. the more recycled water we use the less we take out of rivers and streams and the scarce water supplies. good for the fish, plants and wildlife that rely on them. 84% polled felt it was a convincing argument for reliable water supply and having drought-proof water supply, got 73%. so the environment was much higher. so, i want to reiterate what chris requested, which is for the sfpuc to have it on the agenda about taking positions on the valedeo rider.

>> president kwon: cindy charles. miss charles, are you here? >> good afternoon, welcome. >> hello. cindy charles, a native from san francisco. for years and years i've been inlved in the don pedro and legrange licensing and other issues on the river. long time conservation chairperson for the golden west women's fly fishers, a signatory to the letter to the house appropriations commission in opposition to a horrible amendment. participation in the relicensing of the don pedro and legrange hydro electric products, excluding the national marine fishery service from continuing the long time scientific work alongside other federal, state

and resource agencies is not justified a bit and is extremely wrong. i know my fellow people in san francisco would be deeply disappointed with the large scale roll back of environmental protections and regulations without any public on such a grand sweeping scale that seems to somehow benefit central valley political interests. such sudden and targeted dismantling of a long established process for dam relicensing is an attack on the goal of equitable use of water from the river. it is an improper policy change that is totally against the environmental values of san francisco. therefore, i am also requesting that the commission put on the agenda the next meeting and ask staff to draft a resolution of opposition to the amendment for immediate consideration by the commission. thank you very much. >> anne clark. miss clark, are you here?

good afternoon. >> good afternoon. i'm vice president, friends, talk very fast. thanks so much for all that you do for our camp mather, wonderful to have the john o'connell students at camp. yours is a terrific program for our city students, our high school city students, and we appreciate it so much. we look forward to seeing you at camp mather and taking time to be with all the campers. a new corral and horse group will be at mather this year. so, we hope you get some time out to come and enjoy and be with us at camp mather. this year on september 26th we are going to have a friends and family afternoon party on september 26th by friends of camp mather. you'll be gets more notices, put it back in your mind. it's a fun event for little kids and big kids alike and here to

tell you i'm embarrassed to tell you about my p.u.c. saga. there was a lot of construction going on in my neighborhood with pg&e and other construction people. i did not pay much attention to my water bill, that's the truth. i just paid the bill. i got a notice from p.u.c. and ignored it. then i got another letter to contact p.u.c. well, i followed up on that one. it was a nice letter, but it had some points i thought i should pay attention to. and believe me,ere i am an environmentallist who was not looking at my water bill. the good news was, i met a p.u.c. water inspector who came to my home. his name was matthew jay brady. he was wonderful. he and i went through my whole house together from top to bottom, explained to me what was going on.

it turned out there was one toilet that was not working right and was causing the problem and needed fixing and causing my bill to go up substantially. as i said, i had not paid much attention. the part did -- it was a part that was done, wore for one toilet. did not cost very much and my son fixed the toilet. so, thanks for all the information, and the terrific waoughhry house with matthew. i'm just sharing that with you because there are probably a lot of others of us who don't pay attention but matthew did and you did, and my bill is much less. so, thanks very much. good job to all of you and especially matthew and finally, go warriors. >> what does the camp open? this year? when does the camp open?

>> i think there is a preview, harlan, do you know? preview, when john o'connell, i think it's june 6th or something. >> i think it's like a week before, or two weeks before it actually opens. >> right, i'll send you the information. >> ok. >> good, thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker is barry nelson. mr. nelson. >> good afternoon. >> thank you, chair kwon and members of the commission. i'm barry nelson speaking for the golden gate salmon association. i would like to talk briefly about the tawalame river rider. golden gate salmon association is an industry association of the entire salmon fishing industry in california. the commercial boats, recreational boats, the charter boats, folks who manufacture retail gear, tribal interests,

restaurants and more. headquartered in san francisco and because san francisco bay and the rivers that feed it are the most important salmon runs south of the columbia river. without delta salmon, there is no salmon fishing industry in california, pretty simple. and that's an enormously important industry. there are before of our salmon runs really got into trouble a decade ago, $1.4 billion a year, 23,000 jobs spread up and down the whole california coast and up our rivers. it's a remarkably significant industry, but we are, we are here in san francisco for multiple reasons. i was at an event last friday on fisherman's wharf at a fish processing facility with a large group of g.g.s.a. allies, several hundred people, celebrating and san francisco chef, celebrating salmon and working together to restore

those salmon runs. great event, but it comes at a really vulnerable moment. our salmon runs are in deep trouble right now. our jobs are in trouble. our industry is in trouble. 2008 and 2009 for those two years, it was illegal to catch a salmon in the state of california. put people out of work up and down the state, especially here in fisherman's wharf. and we are very worried about potential repeat of that, of the salmon season this year was slhed because of low numbers, those low numbers are because of two things. it's because of the drought, because we don't always manage our rivers as well as we should. so we need to make progress on every central valley river in order to help the salmon runs recover. that is one of those, and this rider would essentially take the national fishery service, the agency charged with protecting our salmon runs out of of the process. but i would urge you also to think about this as something much larger than just a debate about the future of the

tawalame, and even debate of the salmon and fisherman's wharf. if the rider goes, it will encourage other aggressive attacks on the federal energy regulatory commission. a number in recent years. there are about two dozen separate attacks on salmon in congress and in the regulatory agencies right now. those are two dozen separate attacks just on california salmon. this rider passes, especially if the city is not active in opposition, it will encourage more of those bills to move forward. so, i would urge you to put it on the agenda, to pass a resolution encouraging the board of supervisors to take position in opposition. that i think would help stand up for san francisco history, san francisco industry, and what we all value, thank you. >> president kwon: thank you. any other public comments? general public comments?

ok. item number 5, communications. any discussion, commissioners? >> i have discussion. mr. richie, i was noticing your repo o the water supply conditions. and the very low snowpack that we had this year. do you anticipate any problems because of that? >> steve richie, assistant general manager for water. i would not call it a low snowpack, it's less than median, but certainly better than 2015 and i think on par with 2016. so we fully expect the system to fill with runoff, in fact, i think hetchy should be full in another couple weeks. but yes, water bank is full and we expect the other up country reservoirs to fill as well. >> good.

>> president kwon: any public comment on item 5? seeing none. other commission business, item 6. >> i have a little levity. somebody sent me this piece, it was in "the chronicle" a few weeks ago, it was the opening day when the giants moved here, so that's 60 years ago. and of course we played the dodgers, and of course they won, but that's not what i wanted to read to you. so, the city was all flitter about the fact opening day and everybody was planning on going. reported that the san francisco public utilities commission meeting covered 29 items in less than an hour. [laughter] and our president could do that, too. so, that's nice that we are remembered. >> were you the president?

60 years ago. ok. so, thank you, mr. chairman. i did want to thank staff, and then all the folks that were involved in the golden pride awards 2.0, took place last night. i had sent an email to the commission secretary a little earlier with a group photo, hopefully we'll have a chance to look at that at some point in time. i think the smiles on people's faces is worth 1,000 words. the event i thought was really well received. everyone here was there. and you could just tell that folks that sometimes are not a part of these meetings or a part of these conversations really appreciate being recognized. i thought the one thing that stood out this year over last

year, and these things are intended to be organic and to grow and change a little bit, to accommodate everybody's needs, but alsogh ouinput, there was some incredible production value in the videos and i'm not sure who, who was responsible for that. noseen it.lly, really i have we do a lot of recognition events in the city for a lot of differnt kinds of employees, staff, and executive level personnel, and i've never seen it really that good, so a kudos to whoever did that. the one thing that was missing at the very end, we had a chance to take a group photo, and carlan and kathy and juliette were not in the photo, steve richie, and so let's be better on that one piece next time. >> we'll photo shop them in. >> the emcee, however, was amazing, president kwon. amazing.

>> well, thank you. a person that did not step back when asked who was emcee, but it was an honor to be there, and great, and applaud your vision for it. and harlan, your wife described you as my vanna white. but it was a great image. staff are absolutely terrific. thank you. any other commissionbusiness? any public comments? ok. sf-tv did video yesterday, so video of the whole thing. >> called and let me know that they were responsible for the coverage last night. >> wonderful, thank you. you were on tv. >> kudos. again, oh, all right. >> any public comment for item number 6? ok. so we are now moving to item 7, report of the general manager. >> good afternoon, commissioners.

the first item is a cleanpowersf update. barbarll. >> good afternoon, commissioners. barbara hale. da cleanpowersf update will cover service to customers, enrollment and regulatory activities. under item 10 later in the agenda, asking you to allow us to rely on calpine to support our programs. 81,000 accounts. opt-out percentage remains at 3.2%. so, we are retaining 96.8 of the customers that we enroll. the rates continue to exceed the opt-out, over 4,000 businesses receiving 100% renewable through the program. everything is moving smoothly. ahead to the july auto

enrollment, mailing the enrollment notices for july 2018 enrollment. that will increase the customer count to about 105,000 accounts. adding mostly commercial accounts. seven customers so far have opted out now that we have begun the enrollment process. we are starting to see some modest opt-outs. regulatory activities, specifically the power charge and difference adjustment or exit fee and the customer choice report. on the power charge and difference adjustment, hearings have concluded at the california public utilities commission and we are working with the city attorney and with our colleagues in the trade association, cal c.c.a., preparing our briefs in the case. those briefs are due in june. we expect a proposed decision from the assigned administrative law judge to be published for comment in august. so, we are going to have kind of a quiet period here soon while on that case, while the judge

drafts their, his proposal for the commission's consideration. as i reported earlier to you, the california p.u.c. staff published a report on customer choice. they are referring to it as the green book. they did that on may 3. it's reported"chronicle" and other publications. we'll be meeting with the p.u.c. staff to discuss the report tomorrow. raises questions about how the state will achieve its affordability, decarbonization and reliability objectives with the increased choice that is occurring in the electric market, and specifically, it raises fears that customers choosing to take service from c.c.a.s and customers choosing to generate their own power, like through rooftop solar, are going to compromise these objectives of affordability,

reliability, and decarbonization. says there's no plan for mitigating the outcomes. does not discuss how the role of the california p.u.c. itself could or should change in the face of the changes that they are anticipating, and offers no solutions. flagging the need for unspecified regulatory and legislative change. the california p.u.c. set a deadline for comment of june 11th on that report. and they scheduled a legislative style hearing, referred to them, for june 22nd. you can anticipate that will be very active, both in sacramento and here at the california p.u.c. helping to shape the outcome of the dialogue that the california p.u.c. has opened. with that, i'll take any questions if you have them. thank you.

public comment? >> hetch hetchy quarterly port,de. >> mr. wade, how are you? >> doing well, thank you, president kwon. good afternoon. dan wade, capital, water capital projects and programs director. today update on the hetchy capital improvement projects for the period from january 1st through march of 2018. but also like to emphasize some of the work that started in march and is ongoing, with respect to the moccasin emergency. as you know, march 22, 2018, hetch hetchy water and power at moccasin experienced excessive rainfall and subsequent flash flooding, floodwaters continuing volume debris, sendment, downed trees and