welcome to the upon puc meeting. i'm sophie maxwell. madam secretary call the roll. why president agramy is excused. vice president maxwell. >> here wrochl commissioner paulson. >> here. >> rivera. >> here >> stacy >> here you have a quorum. due to the healing emergency and the public health recommendations by the d. public health any emergency orders of governor and mayor concerning social distancing and lifting restrigz strikz this is is held teleconference and strolled by sfgov.org is there it is a time lag with the meeting and that is being view said. i like to thank sfgovtv staff

and it staff for assistance during the meeting. if you wish to comment dial 415-554-0001. access code: 2482 279 1804 ## to raise your hand press story 3. note you must limit comment to the item discussed unless you are speaking urn general public comment and remind you if you don't stay on the topic the chair can ask to you limit to the item. comment made in respectful manner and refrain are profanity. address your res to the commission and not individuals or staff. if you have not done so silence electronic device. >> thank you. >> before calling the first item the san francisco public utility commission acknowledges that it owns and stewards of unceded lanced located within the historic territory of the tribe.

and other descendant was federal recognized verown band offal meada county the san francisco puc recognizes that every citizen reside nothing the greater bay wrir has and continues to benefit from the use and occupation of the tribe's lands. since before and after the san francisco puc commission founding in 1932. it is vitalally person this we not only recognize the history of the tribal lands which we reside but we acknowledge and honor the fact that the people have established a working partnership with the puc and are productive and flourishing members in the greater bay area of san francisco communities. and before i condition i like to give my condollences to all the families affected by the tragedies over the weekend.

thank you. >> next item. why >> 3 adopt state urgency legislation to allow hybrid meeting and direct the secretary to agendaize similar resolution in the next 30 days. >> public comment in member who is wish to comment on item 3 press story 3 to speak. do members want to provide comment on item 3. >> do we have callers with hands raised? >> there are no callers wishing to be recognized. >> thank you, public comment is closed. mii have a motion and second to approve item 3. >> second. >> roll call. >> vice president maxwell. >> aye >> commissioner paulson. why aye >> rivera. >> aye >> commissioner stacy >> aye >> 4 aye a >> next item.

>> item 4 approval of the minutes of january 10 of 23. colleagues, any amendments? >> seeing none roll call -- public comment. members who wish to make remote comment on item 4 approval of the minutes of january 10th press star 3 to speak. do we have anyone present to provide comments on the minutes? >> do we have callers with hundreds raised. >> there are no callers at this time. public comment is closed. >> a motion and second to approve the minutes of january 10. why move to approve. >> seconded. >> roll calling >> vice president maxwell. >> aye. >> commissioner paulson. >> aye >> commissioner rivera. >> aye >> commissioner stacy. >> aye. >> 4 aye's. >> next item.

>> item 5, the san francisco puc employee retirement recognitions >> thank you. we do have one individual we would like to recognize at this meeting that is jack lum in recognition of 35 years of service to the city and county of san francisco. and mr. @en marshall is here to say a couple words about retiree jack lum? good afternoon general manager herrera i'm allen marshall system's manager it. i'm here representing jack lum today. it is a privilege and honor to introduce you to jack lu in and hear about jack's great achievement in 35 years of service it puc. i worked with iac for 15 of those 35 years. one of the joys about working for the city is w with good

people doing important work. jack is an example. frequently work the spring valley water offices on mason and 1155 market and golden gate avenue. jack is an it hero the last 35 years. jack shown more then and there a job and like to thank you, jack for the weekendless you gave up doo it upgrades. laufrping new system like e mail, gis and 2 billing systems. and i'm not forgetting the on going and never ending security patching. thank you, jack and to your family for sacrificing all your personal time to the puc. you can finally enjoy your weekends again. enjoy your retirement, jack. thank you. >> thank you. allen appreciate temperature i like to read the resolution. that we have for jack. jack lum given 35 years of service to the city and county

of san francisco. beginning in 1986. and jack began working on an older main frame water billing system and one of the first information technology staff at the puc and became instrumental in shaping the information technology transformation at the puc and jack is approximationate low worked introduce networking initially using novery well and microsoft networks and jack lead the team to introduce e mill to the puc and initial low using divifrny e mill and out look and during his tenure at the puc jack played a critical roll in the launch of the automated water meter program, bilge system and many other programs and where as in capacity as dalta base add administrator. jack was an exceptional employee who performed his duties and

responsibilities with exceptional efficiency and where as jack had a strong work ethic a positive attitude and respected by peers and on april second of 22 after 35 years of service jack logged out switched xourt off and retired. be it resolved this commission express the appreciation and gratitude to jack on his outstanding contributions to the puc. and further resolve this commission wishes jack a long prosperous and healthy retirement. congratulations, jack. [applause]. >> members of admissible wo wish it make 2 minutes of comment on item 5 police press star 3 to speak.

>> there are no callers. >> public xheb is item 5 is closed. >> next is item 6 report of the general manager. why thank you, madam secretary. our first item 6a a commission update to steve ritchie. >> good afternoon, commissioners steve ritchie for water. if i can have the slides. >> again. this is going to be a different draught report it is on all the water that started to become available to us. you will see here this is the reservoir storage as of january 17th. hetch hetchy is 291,000 acre feet. out of a capacity of 360,000 upon. with plenty of snow in the sierras.

so a very roikly hetch hetchy will fill. also, one thick we kept an eye on is water bank. storage. and i'm pleased say the water bank is full at the moment. that is our draught supply there. having filld that up as well is a great feeling. i pointed out before cal var us reservoir is full and spilling. but this is a role pleasure as well. so the now reservoir finally a full reservoir. >> look around the state, you will so this i pointed out shasta and orville in the northern part of the state they were riding low the last several years and they are a bit higher now. orvil is 104% of average and

shasta 87% of average. so that is a greatly improved situation for a large part of california's water supply. and of course don pedro is also a bit above 100% of average. within the tuolumne watershed we are in good shape. and i keep pressing the blackout button. the california draught monitor is starting to change dramatically. the state is still learning low in a draught except for in this week county up in the northwest corner came are out of the draught the other day. and cord to the measures. but i think this is probably going to change more as the year progresses. >> of hempy precipitation again you see hetch hetchy precipitation to date is above the 1983 line that is important

19 question is the wettest year on record that does in the money this year will be the new wettest year. as we have seen, it can flatten out quickly. we see presiptation on the horizon and mou we are able to enjoy a few days from the heavy rains we had. >> and again you see country on the bar charts december and january we are over the average amount rainfall per month. and we are close to achieve thanksgiving year close to the average total of 36 inches. >> down in the bay area, again. same type of image. much greater precipitation in 2 months november was greater and you see the year to date total is 5 inches greater than average for the year. so again quite a big turined

there. >> snow pack. same picture. again is ahead of the wettest yearos record we are really pleaseed see that. and the next slide is in the twhoon was in your packets. i got permission to ad it. it really did -- i'm getting ahead of myself. so -- it will come later an extra slide. here it shoes the water available to the city which is 455,000 acre feet. ghaen is what contributes to water bank. it is 471,00080 are feet. we need 621 to fill the system completely and we are on track toward this. this is the slide that i had this morning with hetch hetchy reservoir this is from the south side looking to the north. north usually has 2 waterfalls going

in the best of times. the falls and the other andive probably put the occursor over them this is had the one that runs most of the year. and this is the other the twhoon runs a fair amount of the year. you will see bothum and down the canyon walls if you look close you count 12 waterfalls running now. that is another strong kaez visually it is a big water year. >> on deliveries. you will see in the low are left hand corn teris a new year we have a week in 2023. it is below the other year catharsis shown on this chart 2013. 2015 and 2019. again. demand has been low temperature is low now because there is no irrigation going on. but again, our -- customers dog a good job of conserving.

this it is another version of that. with compared to 2020 as well. >> and we have the draught trackerch which show this is if you look at the bottom line we are in excess of 11% target we set that covers july 1 through now it is through january can that show this is we are on track to get to that level. with the a little more conversation in the stele and also conversation among the wholesale customers. the initial precipitation forecast. the top map shoes the current week throughout 25th. and you will see there is in the a lot of precipitation in california that i think hetch hetchy did get some this week. and on the lower it looks like around the first of february is had we anticipate may be the

next amount of precipitation we will get so we are not done for the year that will be as big as it hen that is -- we will find out. that is twhoing that i want to point out to the commissioners. that in terms of our water supply we make declarations on the first of february and march to our wholesale customers as to the conditions of going forward and in mid april is when we have to declare how much water is visible. in terms of looking at whether we notoriety drought mid april is a time about when we can really skeersly have that discussion because that statute end of the water and snow and beginning of the snow melt season. if with this i'm happy to answer questions. any questions. thank you. why thank you very much. why st. john'ses good.

why public comment? members who wish to make 2 minutes of remote comment on item 6 the draught condition update press story 3 to speak. do we have anyone present to comment on 6a. do we have callers with hands raised in >> there are 3 callers in the queue. >> thank you. you have 2 minutes. >> thank you. good afternoon chair maxwell and commissioners this is policy director if to the mow river trust. in the last month we captured water to last more than 2 year and. the storage last 5 and a half years. not a big prize to me because the puc has great water rights an average year entitled to

water to last 3 years and the system is going to fill. they are releasing 3,000cfs in the low are tuolumne the >> reporter: is 10 times as much as required. there are vac evacuating enough storage to catch the expected snow melt. the snow peculiar is 130% mean. and this does not occur until early april. we are in very good shape. in the very beginning of 2020, we brought in a proposal to the commission you could vol trailer tailor release or 2 combroers if those 2 yearers driveway you can take away your contribution and

you can still manage the 8 and a half year draught. so what it would have looked like 40%. 2 years ago 40%. left year 9%. and this year a bit of 40%. what happened the last 3 years averaged 12 percent that water woeful comfortable did a great job will get dumped thissier. we bring the issues and back then there is tuck about we need more information and have workshops we think we -- thank you for your comments your time expired. next caller, you have to minutes for 6a. >> i'm am dean warn are thank you for letting us comment on 6a. the low point of water and storage december first we had

900,000 acre feet that is 4 years of supply. in addition. the design draught contemplates average 150,000 acre feet annually during the design. if you factor in the design draughted sdmroes required flows we had 5 years of water available at that low point we have gone through 3 years of i draught that is 8 years of water available at the beginning inclusive of the delta plan last next 5 years. there is a similar story extra water for the 2012-16 draught forking both flows were i trickle you have sewn this the tell mow salmon have not done well. hopefully we can help the salmon and this is an example of the situation. thank you.

thank you for sharing your comments. next speaker, please. >> i'm [inaudible] and i am a residents of modesto. i live a my and a half from the tuolumne. and mr. rich and he peter have given us wonderful news about the situation of water. here and i'm going to skip the number and give you personal dastasm i wonder do you think that the river is yours? do you even think of it at all or is it wart that come out of your faucets? i grew up swimming and hiking around the river it is my river. i went to the river yesterday to seat affects of rain it was amazing to see so much water in the to the mow we need to keep the river healthy for us and the

salmon and animals and fox and trees and plants they are in need of water. and now this we have so upon mump can't you shirr. seriously, folks. we need the people in modesto need healthy river, a place where we take our children and grand children this is in the the case now. please. lends us a hand we are not asking for much. thank you. >> one more caller joined the queue. your line is open you have 2 minutes to comment on 6a. >> this is mark inform and as part of the of report i would have likeed hear how you could have come ployed with the bay delta water control plan. and still had enough water for

the need of the bay area. the other thing the quality control board is wing on is owens lake may not be related to you gos but they near an emergency situation. they are voluntary agreements from the noibts's to allow the lake to fill up. there are no more callers in the queue.

my commissioners a brief history and context which i asked for this report. we passed a resolution in july of 2020 and i'm going to go over to the resolve cluzs. further this commission directs the general manager to change hiring and retention and prosecute motion practices to ensure personal decisions are made and just low and ensurety workforce reflects communities. the general manager will work with the puc staff to crest a clear plan detailing the irrelevant voluntary resources mile stones time line and data necessary for the successful richl elementation of the resolution. and so as you see -- we have a

history of hearing from our personal director. hr but the pers that the hr as controls. so thank you for this. >> thank you. thank you so much madam vice president. i'm lyndsay macy the chief people officer miwe have the slides. i knowledge the comments were timely madam voip. i would like to provide context the commissioners are well aware of how we fall went city of san francisco the rowels and so fourth the members of public may not be aware. our processes are governored by the charter the civil service

commission rowels and department of human resources and other sources as you mentioned i want to focus most of the presentation on had we are doing within hrs special want to emphasize how much we have been purke with the other per ins to make change this is need to be done in order for us to have our changes successful. so in the next slide you can see there are multiple stages in the hiring proechlsz some are in the aware in this environments there are multiple steps may be unlike when they see in the private sector that involves getting the positions approved and come up recruitment and out roach. an examination process we select the correspondidates. vetting the correspondidate to be able to once we selected them and then bring them aburden to

the team. we work hard in communications with our hiring manager and our candidates so than i and are fully informed of the presses they go long. going to the hoiring time line it has been critical you may have seen some data that was reported by department this shows the puc at a high number of days special that was alarming as well. . when we drove down with dhr we found was they had implemented a new project everapplicant tracking system motor recruiters and in going through the data which is very new. very small sample sizes used to get this dast to get hireingly time line when is we met with them to go over the data we found that our puc data

comparris with the rest of the city we are a large and complex d. each our step this is we have on the hiring process we do pretty limp we were able to drill down in our data looking at many recruit ams not just the withins that were in smart recruiters. but we know an excess of 200 day system puts us at air competitive disadvantage especially with other competitors. so. we are endeavour to do everything we can to expedite the hiring process to make it inclusive and welcoming and all those things which the commission and resolution are looking for. obviously, these issues of hoir nothing the city are not new. rules developed a hundred years ago and an audit in 2015 looking at the hoiring process the

director said public low that ewe likewising the same processes would take 5 years to catch up. keep feel like we are in an emergency situation that would not be any tenable position to be in. when we are trying to do is really again attack the problem. when we can do ourselves and do with others but we know that reimagining the entire process is necessary it. we conduct hundreds i year. many of those only yield one at a time. filling one position at a time. again and again and again is in the catching up. am and -- making a dent in vacancy rates unless we completely reimagine, rethink and redo the hiring process.

and i know you want us it focus on our own ideas but. we work with hiring modern wragz committee. which is the sixth largest in the city. we collaborate and come up with best practice. work with the data team which has grown. and look to pilot things that we can implement stele ouied and being a spot lead in group has been helpful. we understand wham things some of the departments are doing and shirr had we are doing and offer to highlight different initiatives there are groups we dole watch service is important. there suspect until. tomorrow in this room and so part of our role is we come and

provide input, comment and so forth to discuss the rules going forward. again even though they are city wide reforms they'll benefit us. and so we are anxiously awaiting that conversation. once those rowels are deliberated upon tomorrow of it guess in a process where we have a meet and conifer with our labor partners. again we are active participate in those rules. of and -- you know we have also -- many other things but i think the one thing or the 2 things that we can do at the puc and we dabbled a bit this it. we need support civil support to do them is rehappening and reimagining the exam process. we have been traditional in the city of san francisco and

looking at exam as a means by which to determine who are the most qualified. our exams are not have not been nimble as we like and during the pandemic in person testing shut down that's where the city got in a hole and vacancy rates really increased so much through every city department of the so there are a couple ways you address the exams in i different way. this will allow hoir to be more equal and faster. swon -- the frequency of the exams. and moving exams to a continuous basis. some are done every year or 2. our hiring managers wait months sometimes to get a list by which

they do hiring. and that is very difficult. and our candidates can't say, come and apply for such and such if the exam is not offers then and there one thing we wanted to do is and we i done this in other jurisdictions. we is aliand test now. we will have a populated list so people can hire faster and we have a number of classifications some most are a problem they are generic in certain series the admin analyst and management series. moving those to a continuous base would help many of our divisions. >> the second thing which i

think has you know. more of an equity compoenlts is remote testing. y. do people need to come in and do an in person test. so looking at way in which testing can be done remote. think of the pockets we have employees in sick counties. they don't want to drive to van fran to take a test. an opportunity upon where people take the test from their home ownership will from computer facility visible to them, really frees people up than i don't need to look near childcare. they don't need to deal with traffic and other considerations.

they are contemplate exclude witness we like to do ourselves. here at the puc. of so -- within hrs and when we do at the puc, one of the other narcoticives we have done is really work on our priority interpretation. i mentioned we do recruitments a year and fill hundreds of positions a year. without any understanding about which other top priority and most important positions to the burroughs to the commission and the top of safety sensitive had the high priors are. with you this data, if other things are a prior nothing is. we create the hiring priority

dash boards weanize vacancies. percentage of them. and anticipated retirements and other did thea sets we can stroll line and priorize recruitments. we have a talented tome this runs the exams but they -- they upon don't have the capacity to do all at once. so having a priority wragz and working with our customers to consolidate recruitments when football including -- you know so it is in the just one for one. helps us do capture low hanging fruit. this has been an person thingful another initiative the lien process improve am. i can't take credit it was wod years before i got here. in 2018 and a methodology each

of the staff -- processed map or look at every step of the hiring process and identify any time potential bottle neck or rebunked did you understandancey and then when we do is take those make them individual projects each staff owns as a project they are trying to solve. trying to take the bottle necks. solve them. 3 days or 10 day its does in the merit. than i all add up and the experience this is i press owened by staff. in the a top down process it is a methodology where everyone feels ownership in the solutions as well. we think that is important. the next slide again i want to reiterate the things we do.

lien process improve ams made conditionualy met they are making a dent. we have recommendations that will providing to the general manager about the way we stroll line our work with personal liaceons. use of the updated exam techniques. participating in city wide efforts. looking more at. the entire work stroll of bring a candidate on board. and realist having the spirit on entrepreneurship we had with the 73 wide initiatives we want to go first. we want to be out there and trying the new things and soingly how they work. smchl may not. am some may washing partly. we continuing is important to be out there and again have that spirit of innovation.

because we have a large and complex thing follow work at the p uc it will work anywhere woeful want to be out there. i want top talk about retention. it it is something this all of us own we all own retention. upon given it is heard to catch up. the best strategy is to increase and improve temperature we are looking at employee engagement we take seriously with employees deper we do exit surveys and afternoonp analyze the data. do survey tools got a couple of poles coming up. we have a fleckable work environment we embraced the hybrid work schedule and pushed with the stele and find this hen

something that has been appreciate the folk this is have to come in every day for the office staff in a competitive environment with many private and public sector emplayers that work has been very welcomed. >> we have supportive of the city's friend low work ordinance and know have moved a lot of those forward. we promode well being at work and we w with our brur burroughs i want to kudo to some of them the w they do drives the culture. and we noticed that infrastructure has done great things in looking at vos and things like this to show ownership in the team. our people science and strategy group working with per mers to see how we can create the

promotional tool kits. have a wonderful thriving career here. the other initiatives the permanent program testimony is one which we spent work on it it is an opportunity for employees to transition from a not a permanent employment to a civil service employment. we have a number of lists they left for a year. instead upcoming months the staff will transition to permanent positions will improve moral and retention. here weep have jobs pested in linked in and other cites.

. out roach opportunity it is a very core value and goal in recruitment and out reach. service agreements with professional network and job diversity.com to expand out reach. use hand shake to advertise colleges and universities. we put everything in the social mode why networks. linked in. will postings and increased our participation ation fairs. strategize with managers to make sure we promote diversity and have fairness and equity in hiring panels. and a diversity recruiter. foiblely here are some links where more information can be found. appreciate all of the hr team.

appreciate melissa our manager who is here for questions. and others who participated in the presentation. and we appreciate you, commission, you are taking an interest in work helps us and met have a the team. partners you have wonderful net w and great roach and status in the community that can help us in our efforts to diverseure out roach >> colleagues, question sns >> i have a number of couple of them. >> one on the time tom hire permanent hiring time line. i was want to focus had we can do. image special civil service. you mentioned hr and the things they are dog that is fine. and were i locked at your 78

days. on the time to hiring time line. are had part of the 78 days. give mow more detail. i guess what i was look for. you were generic on which is okay i understand thatir wanted to get a bit more detail what we are doing. you mentioned testing but that depens on classifications. we need more information. you know and if it is in the about in the chronicle but as i mentioned we have been looking at this since 2020 resolutions so it is on going.

and this is why i wanted have a bit more information. you mentioned this when we read in the chronicle was in the right what is right in what are the number of days. why are than i and where are they. come you mentioned that the staff is delve nothing details. which ones? give me examples? >> so. focusing on those are excellent questions. focusing on what you mentioned the last part of the hiring process. we do see delay in getting a person on board. and some of this we do own. some subject to rowels and policies of the city. some of these we are pushing become on for example, upon

fingerprinting. trying to see if there is a way to steam line it that often takes i delay. as fingerprints go in the doj and so forth. the medical screening. we had an initial conversations and initiatives working with our again our hiring managers as well as the department that handles medical screenings to talk how to make that a better process. and those misounds -- like they are small but they are bobs that take time. will i focussed on exams that is when takes the longest. and so if we can really reduce the exam time this is where we have the biggest bank for buck. front end request to fill. we pushed our general manager

pushed. weave gotten some of those to move through the point line a bit more quickly. in messed up data. it -- did not klth correct low. we are like i congratulate general manager herzberg'sa he took an interest in making sure those go through in a stroll lined way. you know and just. there are rowel this is we have to follow and -- >> you said that the things we own. the things we own, what are we doing about what we own? that is when i understand. there is so much won't can't do anything about you said we own what are we doing about what we

snowboard i think -- some of the things we have the most in flex at in doing that we have been doing is being more creative in out roach. relying on our part norse do wonderful thing in our communications to our staff and potential candidates that dhr does in the own we own there. we have cut out steps in the process unnecessary bureaucracy. we found this over time. it developd and when you look at it. when it turns out there was never a ruthis said you had to do it. we eliminated steps doing that. i think people would tell thank you we have been getting more through then and there in the past. and again with this e to p program. buzz you have to do the front end to create the lists we are

now going it society people move through in the next months because of the way that cycled. we extent nime this process. it will yield benefits. i think this alegality of retention strategies manslaughter seeing a turn in we had a lot of turn over. about a year ago more then and there we had. a lot is you know the market and all the things from the pandemic. this stabilizing a bit we analyzed this data. the best with i to not recruit is keep the employee we have. >> an likewising that data what did you find. >> of it is a had the market.

and -- we work them hard. i know how important this is to you and we all work hard. and we challenge ourselves. -- but we want to show they are valued. we have so many opportunities for hr people to move as well as in the private sector. where to be honest there are full remote and other things we can't offer. y own we had the highest amount of turn over in this group. row drill down and talk to people what is it about this w this keeps you energized and

keeps you wanting to be here. i'm sour if than i are watching this. i guarantee you. i'm happening okay. that's another way of saying we need more people this it is i great opportunity if you do it right. with had you have then it can irrelevant be helpful. you also mentioned other working with other per ins can department and doing things.

when are they doing. give mow 2 things than i are dog could be applicable to the puc. differentien who you ment muni or whoever. what are we looking at? >> there was another department this another meeting the other day and they mentioned this they i don't know councillor if this is something we can do. mentioned a -- incentive they give the candidates not successful in the process to -- give feedback. so the gift card and actually understand from the candidates -- how they feel about the process. may be they were not successful this does not money they will not be in other recruitments we

want them engaged. i participated in their lunch approximate laurence. than i have a robust program with a very high level participation. y learned other departments use afinity group this is met through the pandemic with successful participation. that gave me another idea. again every time i go to a meeting i'm energized with great

opportunity in the puc. i do believe this we other best department in the city of sudden front and want everybody to believe this will and come here and want everyone to stay here. >> thank you very much for this. i agree with you. but and the hiring priority dash boards intig could heard low read it. 99ing time it needs to issue front sxernt this gives you the met and approximatetateos of when we are dog. vacancies that is important. that should be front and center we need to go in this and i also. to give kudos to steve robinson hoe is doing amazing things. yes, we talk about classifications. this it is important this is important because we will go through the budget. we went through other departments other work.

parts of enterprises and everybody is about people. we can't dom this because we don't have people. that's why this is an emergency. that is why i need to know we need detail and know what the things you think b. this is policy. and againful we started in 2020. it is in the about now and quarterly we might meet more often. with the heart attack r met more the puchr director. we met regular low on things. i want you to continue is important. exit appreciate your work. and look forward to hearing more detail. but i appreciate you all coming and know you work hard. >> and that's why we have an interest and all of nose people who work in hr it it is not easy to work. thank you, again any further

questions. yes. commissioner pulson. i have a comment and a question. and comment is this one, this is important and it is in the just this department and city wide i'm extremely -- glad to hear you say you believe we are the best and most enengageod this. this is the type of diligence this we are looking for as we move through this area. and we the public or private sector well is no , i gotcha question. things are complicated. has to do with sweetheart deals or electric of transparency. most of this stuff is in the woads of the of report this you are telling us. depending when department and you are -- compote with another department or there is a category that is always -- seems to be vaccance or turned over

the weeds of details that you obviously are exploring. but one thing i noticed is we are a city that where the majority of the employees in the city are upon represented boy a labor organization. and -- and i have known that you know am they seem to be by having a voice you do have not just yourself but you have the representative in the union not just your proirz or the folks on the employer side. and representatives know. we will need 300 electricifications next year. there is the resource tht different labor organizations have been by lynch to employees. like we have 3 quit and work twice as heard and over time i'm sick of this. this is a language way of me saying, i hope because i did see it in bullet points in your

presentation i hope there is on going in the capacity you have labor relations discoveries and workshops. during the course of this process. as you try to get the pins a bit more intented in the hiring process. i don't know if you have a comment my question is how do the labor organizations fit in the workshops and meetings and -- setting update algorithm of how we get things done from 73 days to finish. whenever this might be. throughout chair. i have on calendar not guilty coming weeks a number of meetings with labor partners to talk about hiring and get their idea and feedback. my responsibles in the past has been some of the most creative ideas developing point listens

from labor partners. we will have conversations with our labor partners the silv service. commission rowels. and i fuely participate we will participate as well. >> and just to let you know well is if i assume you do and know that carol and others at dhr therein is a public employee meeting of the labor council of hundreds of unions that mote to talk about city issues. all the time and that is always a roach out to this organization through the labor council a way of getting enengaged. >> thank you. approximate 2 edged sword sometimes but if you want more that is a resource that i known to be helpful to feel employees and the city. american rivera.

>> hello. i wanted to story out by saying. i know hr is like the -- walk manage a war room of any department. there is issues constandpoint low. never an easy day and i want to thank you for everything you do and your staff. i know typeset is like climbing mount everest of had you see the issues you deal watch i appreciate it. i wanted it say will i will support any approximate way that we can help you to make the hiring process efficient. i have a lot of experience dealing with hr trying to hire personnel. developing tests because dhr did not in accept a definition of employee. we were trying to get at a time. anyway t it is a really, really

difficult will task it try to hire new employees. i have one comment and i have one question. with that said, do we have a mechanism to hire temporary employees others do and i think that is not an answer but sometimes that it is a little stop gap in terms of emergency situations. where we bring someone on for 90 days so at least we have trucks going out or work done. that's my question. and i wanted make a comment the testing can archaic in many case. in terms of remote testing, i think someone in moccasin should have access to test nothing

moccasin i don't foal they should be test federal home. i think this opens another possibilities for security and cheating. you know if we are hiring a mechanical engineer i don't want this person you know at home going on to google and getting answer and getting the test right. i want this person it get someone who is qualified. that is my opinionful i'm a city kid. i know how. things get done sometimes. that's it. >> yea. the statistics we gave were for our hiring which our civil service the most time consuming we hire through other avenues appointments and does in the take as long we wanted knowledge 3 it out there and the worse case to you. >> further questions i have one

more this is you mentioned testing. and then you said you wanted to do something different. wham is this? had would be an alternative to testing in you look at dennis. is it okay to answer i want to one thing that madam chair that i think we need to look at the way this we determine who is the most qualified for a job. minot be the fansiest degree. minot be president number of years of experience. it men looking at volunteer experience. it may be work experience. may be and i would like to see explored is alternate to testing all togethering where on the job

training is the test. that's what i would like to get to. i like that. i think that is great. it is seems like those are the things i was trying to get to which i know we are doing great things. and i wanted get it out so people know we are on will this. we are on top of it. but good to hear it. coming like we mentioned quarter low might have noted to youed come become sooner and i would like to hear something about baseline. where are we? what is baseline and we know where we are going. if the base line is 2 and next we 3 we see movement. i would like to get into the vacancies and the classificationses and who can qualify for on going testing. because i don't know that everybody if we know what

categories can that might have and that is interesting to know and just keep, wear of. thank you and i look forward to seeing you again >> thank you very much. >> not too often. i understand that but often enough we have an idea of what is going on and -- very much an in contact. >> we are pleased share with the commission and the public the work we are doing. thank you very much. >> thank you. jury room ready for public upon comment. >> public comment. >> members when wish to make 2 minutes of remote comment on the hiring process press story 3 to speak.

>> commissioners, you do understand that there are san francisco public utility commission is an enterprise departmentful you do understand you have a new general manager. you understand that in the last 3 years many managers have left the puc. have you done a need's assessment as to the corruption that is still previlling at the sfpuc and how it impacts employees?

you have a primitive way of hiring employees. you should think open low is how the employees are targeted within the system. so, during the pandemic, many of the good employees decided to leave the puc. they found better opportunity. i'm not saying this because you need a need's assessment. thank you very much. >> thank you for sharing your comments. next caller you have 2 minutes .

i wanted thank commissioner maxwell. good discussion and presentationing and took awhile but00 eye want to reupon mind the commissioners that when you make an information request, presentation request this is stick with it and make sure it gets listed on the advancedical dar with a date expected to be delivered. in order this is does not get lost. thank you. public ment is closed. >> that concludes my report. >> thank you. >> next item. >> item 7 report of the bay area water supply conversation agency general manager.

nicole ceo. the slides [inaudible] thank you very much. steve. today i'm pleased be before you i wanted report on results of a survey that boska completed with the member agencies an among ago. regarding the draught response actions. and this survey was done to support discussions we were anticipating at this time tom have. in anticipation of continue draught continues this answer is in the over yet and we will look

at this to figure out what it means moving forward i wanted to present it because it is interesting information and i know our board found it quite interesting. so there are 26 boska agencies this was a survey of all 26. you got on the left side a lives draught actions and some big some small. top, we lead off with advanced metering infrastructures. the role time meters have you in the city. and the question of you have been how many agencies have implemented or plans to implement. obviously this is not necessary low something they did because of the draught. some have advanced it more forward quickly. it is a tool during a drought that was an important question to ask of the 26 agencies. 20s of them are doing that work. that was a helpful peeves

information. we have things like the prohibited oozes of water. like alerts. and the one we were looking at was watering schedules. how many do 2 days per week had is 19 agencies. 6 have other types of watering schedules. targeting this out door water use which is a critical component of achieving water conversation. we have 24 agencies rebate and conversation programs and several this have nonfunctional turf bans active. so -- obviously a pretty comprehensive list. one thing we look at is how to analyze further will with other data we have. the success of the actions. is this is something we are considering moving forward. we looked and tried identify unique actions that the agencies

are taking as well. this is a map of the boska service area. in the 3 counties. and we called out a few. this is in the all. but from the top left daily city as an existing recycled water is looking for new ways new custody norse take advantage of the recycled water they have available. >> one of the small are agencies serving the city pacifica moveed a director rain barrel purchase program you purchase it from the water district. custodying out the middle step. and cal water your largest whole saler has an aggressive social modia campaign with draught advertise ams triggered on weather conditions.

the park implemented a draught surcharge. alameda water district have a rapid action notification for emergencies and other purposes. they do draught alerts through that rapid action notification system and found it useful >> this is an interesting model. one major program system lun replace am program when we know is that it puts burden on the customer to make it hymn. they take a lot of actions to achieve approximate get the rebates. don't have to be mote i haveed resolve that issue they are partnering with city forest in their service area to provide long conversions for home ordinance. and then lastly san jose presented i turf high water

splay over head sprinkler in new construction. i think an exciting list that we are looking forward to learning more and figure out how effective they have been for this draft and future draught. the next steps given recent rain. ever water supply availability and will be before then but tell be by then. um -- lastly, i did want to make a separate remark. i wanted take this opportunity to express appreciation. to mr. ritchie and his tome for

the leadership approximate excellent w they have displayed the historic storm events. your sfaf effectively managed the water system. it ensure the continued operation delivering water supply during challenging continues. they took the leadership irrelevant in coordinating prescriptions obviously internal low and external communications. in your affected watersheds. san ma te'o county. who's down stream communities purpose experiencing flooding for reasons outside. your patrol. i expect as a broad are community we will be revowing the experience. identifying improve ams make moving forward and anticipate they will be a part of that conversation. your staff and efforts med a

difference w to minimize and manage the impacts and i thifrng them for efforts. thank you for this opportunity to speak and i will answer questions you may have. >> thank you very much. i have a question. the san jose slide says san jose high tour water use spray and over head sprinklers pleasant or fire sprifrng lers. plant. >> iel. >> the tall are within this is spray up. >> okay. i see we don't see those. >> you probably don't. >> again large are irgifted yours makes sense there. or more historical unless you dwoel this issue y. they are dog

away with some. >> all new construction is no longer allowed >> what are they doing. you know they have recycled water near this your as well, it is the efficiency of both source. so -- there are remember newer will more expensive alternatives for land scape and depends upon the site. over head priis the traditional like when you go in an a school yard for example and pops up and guess click, check, those things are a traditional priin absence of giving direction for something newer it would not help. >> thank you. commissioner paulson. >> [inaudible].

members who wish to make remote public ment on item 7 the boska update press story 3 to poke. do we have members present to provide comment on item number 7? do we have callers weapon hands raised. >> there are no callers wish to be recognized. >> thank you public comment is closed. next item. 8. consent calendar. >> colleagues. are there omissions? public comment on this item please. members when wish it make 2 minutes of remote ment on item 8

the consent press story 3 to raise where you are hundred to speak. do we have members to provide comment on items on consent. do we have callers with hands raised in >> there are no callers in the queue. >> public comment on consent is closed. may i have a motion to approve consent. >> motion to approve. >> seconded. >> moved and seconded roll call. >> vice president maxwell. why aye >> commissioner paulon. >> aye >> rivera. >> aye >> commissioner stacy >> aye. >> you have 4 aye's. >> thank you. >> item 10, accept and extend funds from the budget act of 22 and administered boy california community services department to provide assistance to hetch hetchy power residential customers who a crewed account, roars during the pandemic for march 4 of 2020 to december 21

of 2021. i think you missed item 9. item 9. i'm sorry we are on item 9. thank you. >> apol gees. approve the assess am for 395 third street project the california water code section 10910 california environmental equality act 21151.9 and ceqa sections. >> steve ritchie for water i did in the leave that out. wait a second. this is a water supply assess am for a project proposed 395, third street project we have been before you before we dot assess ams legally required

provide the planning department with information about the water use of the project and whether or not there is a water supply plan to accommodate it with the other water supplies there is a report that has been attached to the agenda item that details that and because of our circumstances with the state water quality control plan it lays out a variety of scenario that we could face in the future and conconclusion is this -- you know this project by itself there is water to -- provide it and itself does in the approximate put us in an emergency situation. this is in the a project approval. this is approving information for the planning department it use in ceqa process. i would be help to answer questions. >> any questions or comments? >> thank you. >> public comment on this item.

>> members when wish to make 2 machines of public comment on item 9 press star 3 to speak. do we have callers with hands raised. there is one call are in the queue. you have 2 minutes to comment on item 9. >> thank you. actual me river trust. i will make the comment i med before. water rib for the develop will but in the the environment. and well is a disconnect with the planning department and the sfpuc the water provider. a few years ago we discuss third degree there was interests to have better communication. there is interest from planning commission and nothing happened. i will make that request again. good to have a joint work hop to talk about water supply so the

departments are on the same page. thank you. >> thank you for sharing your comments. there are no more callers >> public comment on item 9 is closed. thank you. a motion and a second to approve. i move the item. >> second. >> roll call. >> commissioner mechanic wel. why aye >> commissioner paulson. >> aye >> rivera. >> aye >> stacy. >> aye. >> 4 aye's. >> next item >> now item 10. accept and extend state funds from the budget act of 2000 administered by california community service department assistance to hetch hetchy power and cleanpowersf residential customer acrewed aroars during the pandemic from march of 2020 to december of 2021. why good afternoon,

commissioners i'm crist ain't a san francisco city fellow with the financial planning team. >> today i will discuss agenda item 10 requests the commission to accept and extend fundses from the 22 california aroarage payment program. to upon po vied ano vow of the program the california arearage payment program, cap. was established on july 132021. part of the coronavirus fiscal recovery fund to american rescue plan of 2021. at the time 1 billion dollars was appropriated to elect utilities for eligible residential and commercial customer arearages occurred during the pandemic. through bill 125, the california aroarage payment program established the guidelines will be given by the department of

community service and development. assembly bill tw 0 fire allocating 1.2 billion dollars from the 22 california state budget of to receive benefits power customers would not be applying for themselves instead u stillities would be applying for grnltss and distributing them. eligible for the 21 program was indicated by initial march 2020 to june of 21 time line. and allowed all types residential, commercial and municipal to receive the benefits. that first year that program was over subscribed result nothing clone clean receiving only a percentage of what was requested for residential and receiving in assistance for commercial customers. luck low hetch hetchy power was granted all of their requested fund and for context this year

cleanpowersf received 2.4 million dollars and hemp heffy power received 1.2 million dollars. this year for the upon twoop part of the program the time line was now extended march 2020 to december 2021. limited the benefitting acounts to residential customers. this year i'm happy to share hetch hetchy and clone clean were allocated all requested funds this year. >> next we have a snapshot of the cap 22 time line. society puc, ploy in the late october of too and notified of allocations through notice 05. inlet november. the agency received the checks for hetch hetchy power on december 5 of 22. and the funds for cleanpowersf were sent to pg and e. as per program guide lines

utilities have 60 dis to distribute funds to the customers from the dealt we received the check. so since we received on december 5 that gives a dead line of february 52023. >> given this time line we are bring thanksgiving request to the commission today concurrent with efforts to apply the credits there was a quick turn around in the process. furthermore from the lest information i have today, hetch hetchy power credits were, play in the january 10. and on going to mote that dead listen for february fifth and pg and e, ployed them to the per inned cca's on january 70th. at this time we begun gathering do you means for board approval and work to fwlang in february. the left step of the program will be to return any unspent

funds to mitt a reporting survey to the state. out layed be dewing due around may. but we are waiting for official instructions and this program am notice from the state. as mentioned, both hemp hemp and he clone clean were allocated all of the funds. hetch hetchy power received 103, 244. and cleanpowersf received [inaudible] they were based off our application required eligible customers by august therein of 2 this is important buzz from the time we pull third degree did the to the time we received the fund and preped distribute those credits, they

have been changes to eligibility statuses. some accounts inactive and some able to pay off debts. therefore our funds everfunding the credits we will be apply to customerers as follows. 92,000 benefitting 212 hetch hetchy acountses and the full allocated amount of 1 million 244 will go to cleanpowersf customers. we are still waiting for more information from pg and e on accounts benefitting than i will apply the credits. impact of the program is valuable. upon there is more w to do to support our customers. with these credits not covering full amounts of unpaid bills in either utility, we are hoping

that the on going initiatives by the water, power and sewer human rights working group will diminish the gaps. approximate >> if these are next steps. we go to the board of supervisors for approval as wella provising communication to benefitting customers. we are keepingum with pg and e in customer service group to make sure that they finalize applied credits by the february fifth dead line and lastly we will appropriating to return our unknow spent upon funds to the state and w with team tom submit the survey once released instructions prosecute voided by the state. thank you so much and help to take questions. any questions? great job. thank you. >> public comment on this item? >> member of the public when wish it make 2 minutes of remet

comment on item 10 press story 3 to raise your hand. >> public comment is closed. a motion and second on item 10, pleas? >> so moved. second. >> moved and seconded roll call. >> vice president maxwell >> aye >> commissioner paulson >> aye >> commissioner rivera. >> air >> commissioner stacy. >> aye. >> 4 aye a >> next item. >> item 11 approve terms conditions of general manager to execute one below market reason license with charity cultural service its use 2 work stations license withifiy schools and programs to use one work station on the third floor altogether

east community senator and amendment to section 4.41 of the san francisco puc's 2015 real estate guidelines. to thirgz the general manager to approve and execute future below market rent licenses to qualified community service organizations for the southeast community centers provided the facility commission recommended the license for puc approval and resunrised sections 4.41 criteria are met. >> i'm real estate director and i'm pleaseed present the first of 2 approval actions for consideration. we have been work closely with the puc communities benefit's division to obtain tenabilities for the new southeast community

center the southeast community center replacement for aging facility. the southeast community center with san francisco code chapter 54 provides programming to promote health, well being and cultural educational financial empower am of the bayview community. the third floor was approximate designed to provide demised separate office space and open plan coworking space for nonprofit community organizations. the communicate hub -- where we have work stations. through an rfp with the community benefit's provision. the third floor to further the

mission of the community center. in this first agenda way are asking you to authorize 2 below market reason licenses to 2 nonprofits. these organizations will provide community services to the residents of the bayview community. the first is for the use of 2 work stations by charity cultural service. charity cultural services establish in 1982 to empower under served and under privileged communities to be self sufficient through education vocational training. mentor case management and job placement. second license is one work stipulation pie 5 schools and programs. 5 keys provides under served community the opportunity to improve lives through education.

recovery, family and community. 5 keys will provide educational services and host the southeast community center digital equity program check out report and participate in free dig at that time literacy courses. each licensee will pay a fee of 437 per month. this use fee represents 50% of fair market value about 18 dollars per square not of the space plus a small everybodies fee cover wifi access. the 437 per month will increase boy 3% annually. licenses are for a mont to month term for up to 18 months. than i will require the upon licensees to submit quarter low information to the southeast community facility commission

about the communities benefits they offer and the effectiveness of the programs this will offer. upon the provisions are designed ensure the centers is occupied by licensise which were active low providing services and programs to further the mission. the southeast community facility commission approved these recommended approval of the licenses at the november 30 meeting. we recommend this you approve these licenses because they further the mission. than i meet the goals of the puc's community benefits program. we -- secured the license through open ends trance parent rfp process. and they also meet the. mitigation which requires that

we offer benefits to the xhounlts. in addition to approval of the licenses we ask to you approve an amendment to our real estate guide lines section 4.4.1. this would update the guide lines to reflect the existence in mission of the southeast community center and also designate authority to the general manager to approve the handful of future hub licenses at 50% of fair market value provided that the criteria we mentioned in the agenda are met. i can go through the criteria but in interest of time i will ask you have questions for mow. thank you. >> i guess so you say that the general manager then would deal with any future contracts like this? just for the w station licenses. it is it takes significant time

to negotiate them. and bring them to the commission for your approval. we thought that in the interest of managing resources wesly, if those licenses were at 50% of fair market rent were approved by the southeast community, not aproved i say that recommended. and if we had -- um evidence that the future licenseses are financial low solvent and will provide the um service this the community wants, that it may be fruitful to have the delegate to the general manager the table to sign these licenses. this is under our real guidelines they are limited instances the general manager can sign or i is k i can sign a

delegation to sign the employee cottage lease under specific s. we seek to offer you very specific circumstances for your consideration where you would del gift to the general manager the authority to sign the work station license. >> the community being the commission southeast commission would have locked at them come given approval and will given their stamp of approval? >> i think it is the word is recommendation. i have been told. >> they recommend these. >> yes. >> okay. >> thank you. >> thank you. fourth questions or comments? >> thank you. public comment? member his wish to make remote public ment on item 11 press star 3 to speak.

az motion approximate second. move. seconded. >> roll call. voip mechanic wely. aye >> paulson >> aye >> rivera. >> aye >> stacy >> aye. next item. >> item 12 approve terms of an authorize general manager to execute individual five year below market rent loses with 3 nonprofits one third street youth centers. 2, into action and 3, 5 key schools and programs tenants to use 5, 771 square feet of third floor office space at the

southeast community center. >> good afternoon this is the second agenda item today for the southeast community center. we are asking you it approve the 3 individual five year below market rental with 3 nonprofits. the tenants selected throughout same process where we selected licensees for the third floor. all designed to further the mission. here is a brief description of the 3 tenants for which we seek your approval. first is third street yourth center and clinic. an organization founded as a community effort to ensure the 6,000 young residents of the bay vow area had access to the same tunes for health care, employment and education as other youth in san francisco. today third street reaches 1500 young people a year through services. this tenability would lease upon

1, 868 square feet of office fais space montee 804 dollars. the second tenant is into action. this organization mission is to engage and power and inspire action to promote equal growth, build communities special achieve transformtive social good. delivers program development. community out roach and community development through even planning in the bay area. than i would rent 2, 25 square feet of office space monthly rent of 4, 708. then we have 5 key schools and programs again. 5 keys provides under serve the community the tune to improve lives through education and employment and recovery and family and community.

gwen they would provide a program where community members could check out report and participate in free dig at that time literacy courses there. the tenant lose 1, 878 square feet of office space monthly rent of 4, 487. under the lease the rents for each 10 apt represents a base rent a50% of appraised fair market rents and a small service de feo for service like wifi. the base rent increases 3% annually. than i kwulifiy reduced rent prior to ma'am which recognizes the puc operates the southeast community center for southeast community regardless of revenues generated or expenses incured address the affects arising from

construction and operation of the water pollution control plant. we believe that since the lease is further a public person and we as staff believe than i mote the mission of servicing the community we believe the below market aren'ts are warranted and ask for your approval. >> let me know if you have questions. >> thank you. under the amendment we passed we would not see the general manager would med that decision. >> no these leases are 5 years long we are not seeking an amendment delegation of authority because we will likely go out on bid the next time. we are awarded pursuant to request for principle and robust process. and we intends to do that again for the leases. as well as licenses.

it the scope of the rent is and want such in demand is such good for the commission to approve those loses in the future. >> so. then the one of them is 4,000. >> yes. this is 50%? >> yes. 8,000. >> it based upon an appraised 20s 21. we extrespass laid 18 dollars for square foot of office space. >> thank you. commissioner paulson. >> is you know the great community center jumpingum and b. there was the end of theier there was a punch list going on and i know the coffee shop is scombruft gettingum and rung. is there alegality of buzz? is there good demand and are these place fittingum fast with sdoir to get theft and set up.

>> well, i believe the i'm sorry i did in the mean to speak overut south community center opened i did in the see punch list items i'm not a construction person. why a dab of paint. it is open, i get t. my question is are they fillingum? >> i'm sorry i did not hear you. are the spaces filling up, is there buzz. is it going to be full. >> pounding the door down. for the lose spaces and license spaces we have more then and there enough demand. then prosecute posers they wanted each one would have taken all of the space. we fit them inform approximate in order of their scoring on the rpf process. and if we had another floor of space we could have losed that out. i say that safely.

>> will i happened be there yesterday and asked this question. there were i few people in the building. the recommend was busy exactsive. i asked the schedule to the staff how are requests to use it they are already having a backlog special working through to activate the space seems like energy building and it was positive. spaces like that are like that throughout the whole city. it is difficult to get pace and our upon community upon center is gorgeous and wonderful. thank you. >> thank you. >> any public ment on this item? >> members of public had wish to comment on item 12 press star 3 to speak.

>> public comment on item 12 is closed. >> move to approve. second. >> roll call. vice president maxwell. why aye >> commissioner paulson. >> aye >> commissioner rivera. >> aye >> commissioner stacy >> 4 aye's. >> next item. >> item 13, aprove second metropolitan to contract pro0152 incoming the condition tract 636 million dollars for a total not to exceed 895 million p subject to board approval under section 9.118. >> thank you, commissioners

barbara hale assistant general manager for power. i have a slide deck to discuss this request. what we are asking an thergz to amend our power scheduling coordination services contract. it it is a big one. that's why we are hereof today. and it is big because it it is in the only a large dollar amount but critical to the prigszs of our electric service programs cleanpowersf and hetch hetchy power. so here is a summary. purstarted the rfp process resulting in the contract in 2021. the commission president board approve today and became effective june 22. this sum row shows original contract in the first calm on if as original for.2 million in service.

130.5 million inspect upon pass through payments to the california system operator and 5 year duration. you see the contract capacity is primary low for the pass through function. the main dollars go. the first amendment was executed january 6. described there and the further amendment is when we have brought to you an action today this statute 636 million dollars called out in the column marked change for pass through iso payments. this presentation will walk you through the service this we received the criticality president market accomplice drivers for the needed increase. ap x implements a critical payment step in the approved purchase of power operations for cleanpowersf and hetch hetchy. california and the nation are

experiencing higher power price. the increase in capacity in this contract is necessitated boy the highway are processes passed through this contract. the pass through payment are in the approved operating budget for hemp and he clone clone the condition transact allows you to implement this approved budget of i will take ape minute to reminds you of the approved budget you see had a large portion of the power budget purchase of pursimple typeset is this 75% orange pie slice. 3 for million is promoted for the purchase of power each year. you see how this breaks down and the bulleted pins it includes transmission and related service. electricity and reliable. and hempy includes distribution charges. ienerate our own power for hempy

customers purchasing electricity in the california markets depenning on generation vac. we purchase electricity from renewable generators. to feel make sure we address over or under supply in any moment. regardless of the source of the power, you can see on this graph on this picture this the cal iso is how we get it to customer in san francisco. and the cal iso needs to get paid for electricity services. urn california rules only schedule coordinates direct with the iso, ap x prosecute voids that service the cal iso costs we incure are invoiceed ap x, ap

x pays to theical iso and we pay ap x. those costs are variable. this chart shoes wholesale prices for northern california 2018 to 22 in blue embarrass. flat to declining 2018 through 2020. then stories to surge. red shoes the forward price we anticipate for 2023 and 24. the surge is expected to continue in 2023 and determine a bit in 24. but remain boost pre21 averages. for those who men listening and following long this is an added slide. my next is added they will be visible to the commission secretary in the public if requested. >> we need more ap x exclusive

to pass the higher prices. through the iso payment process. california is in the alone in incuring the prices. and this chart here a busy. shows you will how it looks approximate regional. wholesale electric market the first 2 california iso north and south. then texas or reserves to air cot the electric ref liability council of texas. and then michigan, chicago and so fort each shoes the peek price. 2018 through 22. green the low and red the highs. you seat same pattern here as you saw for the california only slide i showed you. flat to declining 18 to 20 it is

grown. surge 21-22 it is red. and irrelevant this is showing the global factors influence wholesale electricity markets the machining low northern california average processes for megawatt hour of power july of 21 when we started under the contract. through december 22. it starts low and stable. hovering around 50 to 60 dollars a megawatt hour. we have the september 22 heat dome event. remember this we got amber alertos phones telling us to use less power. that's that first spike you see there. and occur nothing september. and that's an example of regional factor. driving and market response, which was weather. and dropped but spikes back up in december.

this higher process on the expectation that prices will stay higher influence approximated by global factors. the worry in ukraine. higher natural gas price due to increased ecport of natural gas to europe a response to the worry in ukraine. organismingum of china from the covid are shut down is increasing demand for natural ghas is ecported by the liquify exclude exported by ship. we are seeing a greater use of natural gas for electricity generation, back up renewables and experienced supply chain slow downs, delaying and commercial dates for new solar generation this result unless higher costs for the new solar projects these are coming to bear and keeping the approximate price up or. for us the globaling factors

play out in higher prices than expected higher ployses that are passed through the invoice fist the iso and eating the contract capacity faster than predicted the capacity was 130.5 million that it is represented on this slide with this red line. opt top. long the bum see weekly invoices coming in june 22, december 28 the blue line it it is stead and he you see the spike in september for the heat dome evenly the orange line this climbs throughout middle of the slide it shows the same on a coupe lamtive base with a jump in september. you see that the higher prices result nothing higher pass through. payments absorbing the capacity as the invoice line that orange line approaches the red contract

capacity line. we took action. with the first metropolitan to the contract. herrera executed 125 million dollars amendment under the authority this commission and the board of supervisor was authorized which created admin code 2143. we request 636 million increase

based on forward market process this is hayou see here. bottom blue shows the prits for december 22-2 on june first in 21 this is what folks thought we would pay through this time december 22 through june 24. the june 21 was had we set condition transact capacity for the bid package the green line shoes forward process as of december of 22. for the same time period. you see high prices. and they come down to a reasonable level but over twois as high as we previously projected. that's why we are category for this capacity to get us through the period. so here is the recommendation recap. authorize the gm increase the condition transact transistor

636 million dollars for a total aim of 895 million. no change in duration or scope. only increasing the pass through exclusive under this condition transact and authorize of the gm to seek approval of the board of supervisors for the same contract amendment and some amendment to 2143. were admin code section 2143 includes i cap how much we can xoendz a year using that authority. it is 150 million now. we like an additional 50 million raise to 200 million so we can be able to continue to respond to the high prices we are seeing. with that, thank you for your patience i'm happy to take questions you miff. why commissioner stacy. >> thank you. thank you for this clear presentation. i have 2 questions.

combrour new slide you shoes other yours and energy costs. i think only texas had a decrease in costs and men 2 others had small are increase in cost. do you have sense of why might be. the markets. i think the proirm driver is the fact that california is the most distant states from the inform gas market centers. so when we talk about the supply and demand on natural gas it is -- the pipe lines are rich throughout the middle of the u.s. and the eastern u.s. when you electric at a map of the pipelines they are thin coming to california. so we have a contrained market and face the economic balance there. it guess against us. >> thank you. and then i wanted a clarification, are all of the increased costs due to the

increase cost of the energy or transmission fees going up as well. why transmission feeers going up the dom nan factor is the price of electricity. >> thank you. why you are welcome. >> commissioner paulson. an observation. does in the merit when era we are in or frankly whatever economic or government exists there is certain things food, water and light. you know there are things that -- we absolutely can't do without. and you know the presidential election was based on people like in california worried about going from 250 a gallon to 5 on gas. this it is type of volatility. irony is the here in san

francisco where we have the tremendous commitment to not just public purbut making sure that rate payers and our government will take care ofnings, the fact we get hit with this incredible low heard market rate and still having to pay the approximate times of rates based on the way the economics works in the country row is ironic and sad. and that's an observation as a commissioner i'm making despite our greatests to keep rates down and the customer and the stele has the ability to do stuff in sudden front happens to have this type of capacity the fact we are hit with this now is just pretty sad and but this is a gentleman that takes care of people. that's my observation. why thank you.

when were is the machiney come from? with this is a lot. where does it come from. where do all the people you showed on the slides. how do we make it endy meat? >> we are -- couple of responses to this on the hetch hetchy side we have a love/hate relationship we sell in the p evermarket and bein it. hetch hetchy we recover in costs when we make those sales we generate more than consuming we sell there and benefit from those high prices. for the cleanpowersf side we see sales as well. which helps off set the costs and we will coming to you was planned this spring to address

rate increases that are necessary to cover costs. >> thank you. why you are welcome. why any further commissioner pulson? >> thank you. >> thank you. >> public comment on this item? >> members of public had wish to make 2 minutes of remote comment on item 13 press story 3 to speak. do we have members presents had wish to comment on item 13 in there are in callers in the queue. >> thank you. public comment on item then is closed. >> may i get a motion and second to approve item 13. >> so moved. second. >> vice president maxwell. >> aye. >> commissioner paulson. why aye >> commissioner rivera. why aye. why commissioner stacy.

>> aye. >> 4 aye's. >> next item. next is communication, information item for you only. >> any communications or comments? >> none. next item. >> next is general public comment. members when wish it make 2 machines of remote general public comment in the jurisdiction and in the on today's agenda press star 3 to speak. >> good afternoon issue commissioners and director. i'm paul wormer. i'm calling to plug this you hear and approve the mou that is proposed of lafco and

cleanpowersf. these are stsd essential if san francisco will understands decisions it must make. ands like many studies, than i may surface things we are not aware of. and this may take more studies. i think of the vaness brt and recall under ground lines that appeared no one knew b. here we talk about dexhengzing a gas distribution system. how much confident do we have in pg and e recordkeeping anding on this. we are talking about market inupon centives to add hydrogen to natural gas system. because tell lower the carbon impact of the natural gals but not a number of the other impicture and create hazards. there may be good uses for hydrogen. i think there are but if the

city has not done home work. we will not make the right decision. . similarly bat row storage equity implications for energy storage if in front of the motor or behind it for electrical services. all of these are important questions and deferring the studies means we will in the have necessary information when we need to have it. when we need to be able to apply for grants that are available if we are red to take that monetch please, get that mou approved and move forward. thank you. >> other members present top provide comment? >> there are 2 callers in the queue.

>> i'm dean warner speak without the consent of others the last meeting you expressed importance public input i don't think general manager herrera holes the same view. president moran said 7th special meeting was different in that the workshops a way to address occurrence they were not heard and there was in the a diawilling. now the general manager herrera reestablished the water steward meeting the commission workshop it is were no longer necessary. however at the most recent meeting on november 28. herrera kicked off the mote and left. there were represents participating including adrian of the bay area council. nicole representing 1 penalty 8 million customers participated in the entire meeting. hera appeared to decide it was in the worth to hear the

discussion. i lost confidence this mr. herrera has an interest in the meetings. if you vow the meeting important for having a dialogue and summer planting some commission work shops consider having a commissioner attends going forward. . ive seen the tremendous w this go in appropriating for the middle eastings done by many people leadership needs to give meetings attention. one, one of the. participate inspect each. meeting including the planning premeeting. a commissioner involved demonstrates the importance commission accompliceos meetings and two herrera participate miss a full meeting. consider anticipating the next meeting february 28. thank you. >> thank you for sharing your comments. next speaker, please. you have 2 minutes for general

public comment. skwoo hello i'm calling also to support [inaudible] in the room regarding signing the mou with lafco. cleanpowersf responsibility to meet the climate action plans. they cannot do it alone. [inaudible] lafco to support the puc to meet responsibility, the studies focus on the critical issue of you know one case looking to find a best way to get the city and residence dents and commercial building and public buildings stop using natural gas. which is you know a major contribute are to climate change the biggest source of e missions in the city. and also a huge health risk. studies came out showing the

risening for children and anyone who cooks with natural gas in the small apartments in the city. the lafco should do a study this finds an fortunate way to get rid of natural gas and need you to agendize this item. today the board had a resolution on the dock tote support this item we will know typeset is a critical issue. and the mou would benefit puc as well. please agendize it the city cannot delay of meeting the climate action planful thank you. employees >> thank you for sharing your comments. 3 callers joined the will queue. >> hello caller

>> i'm elyet a member of 357 san francisco and also calling to ask to you support the lafco proposed mou. know our city's climate action plan lays out a path for the city to cut sector based e missions to 61% below 1990 levels by 2030. this mou would will provide 800 thousand dollars over 3 and a half years to study the most interesting and exciting dynamic areas in climate action. green banking. natural ghachls battery storage. electric vehicle charging and emerging clean energy technology. again, i urge you to support the mou thank you very much.

thank you for sharing your comments. next speaker, please. >> thank you. the chair, approximate [inaudible]. remember [inaudible]. i speak generally i will go back hi looked at communication about issues with pg and e. how can we get our public electric service working with pg and e? looks like we have a strong case for municipalization of the power grid in san francisco. i say los angeles has a public power system. becausey think of person projects need to be connected. i ask for your help in being able to get the projects such as a plan to install charging stations in muni bus depots to

have bat row powered bus. we need your help and charging stations are a thing of the 40 and hopeful low all electric kitchens. i have all electric comprehend. men don't. and i'm not like most of your public speakers i'm a person who is different. i speak anyway this is important to me. i'm living private as a person had is very different upon does have electric service in my name. how to. endpaj the upon community to speak to be more approachable. because when i come to san francisco i'm indirectly using electricity approximate water and, services. it is important to keep the cost in line they affect the price of what i pay. because utilities are embed in the the costs. i appreciate i hope i get to see

you in person some day so you see hay electric like and seeing a person who is different but a user of electricity as anybody else. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. dwro hello i'mien fer hikingy a member of the golden gate electric vehicle association and 350 san francisco calling to ask you to vote and approve the mou with the puc and the lafco. important for implementation of the climate action plan. firing, pat row charging and storage are going through changes. right now. ev charging is changing more by direction of products are moving in production and ev charging requires updated study for the moment effective and cost effective charging and storage that also provides resilience for residents.

approval of the mou offers information to impelement the climate action plan. thank you. clear clear >> thank you for sharing your comments. there are in more callers in the queue. >> thank you. public comment is closed. thank you, next item. >> 16 initiated by commissioners. >> yes , i would like to commissioners anyone with items in i would like to continue the hearing on the hiring process. the over view. and i if any this sinceure budget is 30th in menlet in february after our budget process we can have an idea where we are and what is going on. >> anything else? commissioner stacy? . >> thank you, i have a question about workshops this i think 2

public commenters mentioned mr. warn and drubbingmy are mentioned workshops i, soup there are workshops that happen separate if the puc commission meetings. >> yes. >> could i ask for information on hathose might be >> there are in the any occurring you in. these were 1s that occur exclude this predated me. steve rich ketalk more about this or may be commissioner maxwell. a series of workshops over the course of a year. focusod a number of different topics and this is what happened and -- they were over -- and then as a result of that, we -- those lead to discussions and informed huwe locked at a variety of water issues. in an effort to keep diawilling

going i reinstituted something you heard mr. warner refer to the bay area water stewards meetingly occurred quarter low. to bring together different contit wensies the environment and business community to talk about water issues. and we in about 3-4 of those over the course of the last year. that's something we do at staff level to talk bh variety of issues and to present. >> thank you for this information. i'm sorry. >> mr. ritchie i sum rise this accurate low, correct. i didn't will say that i initiated those workshops because we were looking at the voluntary agreement. and a lot of us did in the understand and know what it was about and mgo's had different ideas. we said let's have the workshop and we can talk more and get in

depth that's how that started and there inform other topics and people found them helpful. id did ands a now commissioner it was helpful y. we can think about it againful came it on the sxendz would be open to doing some like that again. >> thank you for the information both of you. one follow up question. when those w shops occurred do commissioners receive notice of those. >> we are all involved >> great it was like a regular meeting but some difference. it was during the time that it was covid. we did it via zoom. >> great yoochlt all present and talkd and had question and presentations from others scientists. yea. why yea. >> thank you. i'm still learning the newest one on the commission.

>> all right. are there further items this you would like to bring forward? seeing none. >> member hos wish it make 2 minutes of remote public comment on item 16, press star 3 to speak. public comment on item 16 is closed. >> thank you. is there further business before this commission. no this concludes business today. this meeting is adjourned. thank you all.

>> you're watching san francisco rising with chris manors. today's special guest is mary chu. >> hi. i'm chris manors, and you're rising on san francisco rising.

the show that's focused on rebuilding, reimagining, and restarting our city. our guest today is mary chu, and she's here to talk with us about art and the san francisco art commission. well come, miss chu. >> thanks for having me. >> it's great to have you. let's talk about art in the city and how art installations are funded. >> the arts committee was funded in 1932 and support civic review, design investments and art galleries. projects we have are funded by the city's art enrichment

ordinance which provides 2% of construction costs for public art. >> so art is tied to construction. there's been a great deal in the southwest of the city. can you talk about some of the projects there? >> sure. our city has some exciting projected in the bayview-hunters point coming up. one artist created a photo collage. in the picture pavilion, one artist formed a collage of her one-year residency coming together with residents, and anchoring the new center is a landmark bronze sculpture,

inspired by traditional ivory coast currency which the artists significantly enlarges to mark that it's a predominantly african american community in bayview hunters point. >> are there any art installations around town that uses light as a medium? >> yes. the first is on van ness between o'farrell and geary. it's funded with the m.t.a.s van ness geary street project. another project is for the central subway. it is one of ten artworks commissioned for the new line. it's over 650 feet long,

consists of 550 l.e.d. panels between the powell street station and the union street station. it's called lucy in the sky, and the lights are patterned with unique sequences so that commuters can experience a unique pattern each time they pass through. >> perfect. what about the early day sculpture that was removed from the civic center? >> this is a question that cities have been grappling with nationwide. following the removal of early days in 2018, there was a toppling of statues in golden gate park as well as the removal of the christopher columbus statue. we are partnering with the

parks department as well as the community to engage with the public to develop guidelines to evaluate the existing monuments and memorials in the civic arts collection and evaluate the removal of a monument or statue but also installing new ones. >> finally, it seems like the weather might be nice this weekend. if i fancy taking a walk and seeing some outdoor art, where would you suggest i go? >> well, i would suggest the embarcadero. this work was commissioned with funds from the fire station 35. this suggests the bow of a boat

and the glass panel surrounding the structure depict the history of fireboats in the bay area. >> and where can i go from there? >> then, i would walk up to the justin herman plaza to check out the work of the art vendors. then check out the monuments like the mechanics monument. also, be sure to check out the poster series, installed in bus kiosks along market street, which features four artists each year. >> well, thank you. i appreciate you coming on the show, miss chu. thank you for your time today. >> thank you, chris. >> that's it for this episode. we'll be back with another show shortly. for san francisco t.v., i'm

chris manors. thanks for watching.

>> ladies and gentlemen, the esteemed guests, welcome. to introduce our program today, i'm honored to introduce greg of the saloni people who worked to preserve his heritage for over three decades and he's the culture director, the people indigenous to the san francisco peninsula, mr. castro, welcome. [applause] >> [foreign language] greetings to everyone. welcome to the ramaytush homeland. this area