2024.) >> federally recognized mission san jose of the county the sfpuc recognizes that every citizen residing has and continues to benefit from the action of the ramaytush ohlone tribes lands since before and after the san franciscoission o in 1932villely important we

recognize the tribal lands but also acknowledge the fact that the ramaytush ohlone have partn sfpuc and productive within the greater san francisco bay area communitiestoday. >> so before i announce f; i that we have new secretary of this commission tiffany what is for the first official meeting andh■een also want to acknowledge espenosa very much the been doing all the stuff for the sfpuc and is still has been handling his extra duties of helping staff commission first item read please. >> 3. approval of the minutes

of june 25, 2024. >> so commissioner any corrections do these minutes of june 25th seeing none, can we open up for public comment? >> remote callers please raise your hand for item three do we have any members of the public who wish to provi comments on this item? >> r; seeing none, moderator a callers with their hands raised [off mic.] >> >> what i didn't hear that. >> the motor rapport are you able to raise your volume or anything? >> callers. >> so public comment is closed. motion for second to approve minutes of june 25th. >> i'll second motion and second call the roll, please.

president paulson, commissioner stacy three stacy three ayes and item members of the public may address the commissi on matters that are within the commission's jurisdiction and are not on today's agenda. remote callers please raise you any members of the public who wish to p on this item? >> anybody in - seeing none, moderator any callers with their hands■b rais and commission secretary one caller that worries about to be recognized. >> thank you. >> có caller caller to minutes >> peter policy director for the river trust andcome

back, everyone and hope you're well rests a couple of items i'll not comment been but related to ecology issues and good the puc is doing - i want to comment on the river is spelling needing higher flows 21 percent of flows not enough. whe the volunteer agreement we didn't include a back up plan simple a checklist no goals and no adoptive management the commission addresses the concerns one in 19 and one in 2022. >> sfpuc resolution revolves the commission staff to

have bye local um, resolving in the reduced population and further revolve this commission directave a displacement motion for the mechanism of the non- flow and flowing measures for the responses that are (bell ringing) part of a volunteer agreement with the river those are clear and good direction. i recently filed and public records request to find out who progress please send me communicat denied once again by sfpuc staff based on attorney-client communication that is they're fall back everything under the attorn■x've taxi ta even this toes task fo (bell ringing) filed a request with -

>> thank you for your comments. >> any more folks in the queue? >> commission secretary no callers. >> public comment is closed. for item 4 is closed >> can you reads item number please. >> 5a. report of the general manager (discussion only) sfpuc human resources update. >> secretary 5 a human resources update and will be presented. >> good afternoon commissioners um, president paulson and cfo is sheryl our business ser manager to 34e67 may i please have the slid. >> we're pleased to provide with you the hr s with the

collaboration with one of our business operating unit our hetch hetchy water first begin with the standard data with the commission.d as you can see our permanent vacancy rate been trending do you thing this is excellentph news down to 21 percent in fiscal year 2021-2022 and despite the fact the number of permanent positions has increased from 20th century to 2666. >> this this slide shows you the vacancy rate and we're going to be focusing on hopefully water that is encompassed and again, as another reminder in our numbers we include positions

held for attrition savings as well as project funded positions our numbers may appear higher departments and for this point it over to sk about the specific strategies that hetch hetchy has done in collaboration with hr s. >> thank you, wendy. >> you hear me? >> . okay. >> hetch hetchy water is roughly 200 and■4 70 employees with pcs andesponsible that provides 85 percent of water fo and clean hydro electrical power we're very small portionf sfpuc with a vital mission and

34rez are responsible f distribution systems and as the from the reservoir in yosemite nationally national park on the power side and almost the width of state of california. and employees have a wide characterizations and skill sets to maintain the system a in this case, the studied we looked at the challenges we have recruiting and retaining the workforce in an aftermath of covid pandemic how we built the challenges and way we've"1 learned. and in this slide we speak on this the critical positions namely technicians and ering positions and as you can see the vacancy rae$yorosit percent in june of 2021 and twoí

- there are significant operational quacks in the loss technicians have responsible for the day to day operation of the water and the power systems. and because hetch her has assets connected to the bhiblgystem of united states those are highly regulated positions because this staff is typical loss of employees the existing employees work right thing to do and longer■e ovec time shifts w need to train now staff as soon as possible but this is not a fast process significant training and certification requirements for those positions utility not go into the process takes several yea we need training processes andaffing th case scenario.

are critical for the hetch hetchy project and most of you are ware a worldwide share of electrical positionsould require out of boxes thinking and hirinstrategies. this chart is the hetch hetchy zm vacancies south lake our vacant have i prosecute from 2 at 2021 to 17.2 powering at the end of fiscal year 24 or a net gain of 26 filled position a huge success story and this is and lt me explain and i'll dive into the use the net gain of 26 positions took wrote down hundred and 10 appointment

transmissions temporary and internal and backfills for the internal positions on top of the straight hires a ration of 4 hires for one pcf appointment that is a work recruiting and examines and good work in volume and in quality. next i'll talk about the challenges we fa the strategies we use. we recognize we need a stream to overcome the challenges some are unique to hetch hetchy water and some are general challenges in the city citing processes one that i hiring for skilled speciality positions that the electrical engineers and technicians and power system operators. another one is location. month commitments through the smart recruiters the

city system are applying for a san francisco. one that we have in common across the duration of recruiting and on boar for opening and i'm going to turn it over to we address the and it is very, very important for collaboration with the partners we regularly hold recruiting the hetch hetchy and meet them in-person and brought a team to assist with the employee events but to actually see in-person the work that our crystal colleagues were are doing. so we basically holdy speciad voep strategies to update those jobs

that classification and look job training revolves developing finding the actual work our colleagues will be performing our in-person collaboration has been important to it is a link term process as has been said and we look forward owe to - to continue to build the relationships pursue critical and only as a team we make a dents. i'm going to turn it over to sheryl. >> great. >> affiliation hr s we built partnerships community and use misrepresent recruiting channels and built a database of commitments. we are not waiting for the city's r■ecruiting process to find inmates and keep

them food about the recruiting systems and processes we developed community partnerships withsr job training and college and universities have not central valley area to do the same and keep contact with cadets. >> hetch hetchy has invested powered to make decisions about the hiring and retention and partners in hr s with strategic and orntdz a receipt so a large portion of our staff are new and want to to the retention some

of the immediate goals are improving communication and fair market value counity. we have reimplemented suggestion boxes we hear from staff was working and not on the overwhelming bails and training and development and career mapping. this slide sums up some of the things the importance of partnerships the s and hetch hetchy water partnerships community-based organizations and colleges and junior which he imagines and is candidates that is a long game we're continuing to build a workforce for the the investments to support in work sea f and i like to thank hetch hetchy wat team wearing the ones appearing before youe results of the day to day work of our

talented an dedicated and hard working staff and i'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> well, i'm start off by saying thank you for one area of engineering needs and spoefshg with the hetch hetchy stuff this is important. i think as we said and you said we all said the hiring, you know, for the city of san francis is■i not just, you know, what the civil services necessary itself but highly skilled folks having targeting, you know,iá an electrical engineers. one thing i'm trying to look back in terms of in highway i have one question the in highway local 21 represents the of the department and is that a good,

bad or ugly or link in terms of outreach in finding folks like like again the labor movement i don't you're a teacher ever generate what kind of everyone organization has an outreach we need more firefighters that type of stuff is that a good resource local 21 for that type of resource to tap the folks that we need to do this job. >> long question but i think you got it. >> generally speaking i'll let er comment but we meet with the labor p and talk about the and happy to get ferry building may know of a way of advertising and we've gotten feedback that

is valuableefforts. >> good that answers any you o answer that. >> i don't have any8r >> commissioner ajami. >> i have a technical question. numbers but the challenges of recruitingaref you addressed any of those like a long list all important and valid. so how are we addressing f housing crisis or childcare or healthcare options? >> you know, all those are

doesn't matter if you recruit. >> each one strategies - each we have a list of strategies that we do. so l of housing we have temporary housing

we set aside a certain portion of that housing for hard to recruit positions. that means we know that we are recruiting electrical jerks f and they're coming from outside the areas we need to help them solve the housing problem um, to get them to come to hetch hetchy we is multiple strategies around housing. um, childcare we work where community partners and have voted a relationship with other entities in our our area that have childcare faults facilities each has a specific set of strategies we're using to get around that challenge i don't know if they're any. >> (multiple voices.) >> you want toalk about housing optimistic you're not

the one ones. >> the cyber ta how people can't buy homes until they have ash no homes have given without insurance that is a big problem. so you might provides someone temporary housing byk they will figure out something but not it is ongoing issue. and somehow i don't know like what the solution is there but people don't like to have a rental for a long-term because they start a job want to have a home. so■ needs a serious strategy i up city f the assets themselves had the conversation last meeting. and so is there

like i don't know like policies that we can actually get to help people to provide insurance for their homes? i don't know if it is know for the tying don't know all the policies for example, is there a way we can build housing that can actually be used beyond a temporary■z um, for example, m not again like ideas out there; right? forle stanford universities owns the land and people come and buy the house don't own lands what they're leasing have to lease is a very specific rules associated with those housing that goes to

faculty want to make sure they provide affordable housing for the faculty so like i you see systems in the areas have the same thing we might need something more long term becaus' you need to be able to explain the housing and childcare they're essential issues not go and if the market picks up and s we can lose some of the people thatchildcare. i don't know march you have those but kem, is there some way to come up wit brooirm them or not? >> yeah. i'll say in terms of like long-term policies that types of policies decisions we ally haven't worked on those but we had had is we are

building a relationship with candidate we'll take them around the neighborhoods they can see is housing options i can tell you thatax and the insurance is kind of slipped from what you'll expect in the idea had 234e will pay for fires insurance and housing insurance ut um, they'll see a reduction if they have a house in the bay area or another urban area in ■c■hth property taxes so from o side we're trying to educate people about is available and had they can expect they'reing in our area i'm the long run but we'reing with fi a

realistic expectation policies maybe policy solutions can be something that ws commission beyond that the city can think about igc this guys should definitely come to us with years on policies and you, you to have a easier kroouts talented candidates someone might have other options. >> thank you for your effort. >> stacey. >> i had similar questions on the same slide as commissioner ajami i knew we housing and housing options in around camp market and we have housing for

other limits housing we have a couple of houses at the camp but not for employee not for employees. water and power for other got it the gra great trend to see the decrease and congratulations and we have filled significant gaps and those jobs are normally skilled by did the sometimes around the hire for and it seems y like are you have a a lot of the strategies at play and going to school is a great way of sort of getting people just familiar that the puc has very

interestg jobs available and that it something to think about as an employer when you're a student. i also appreciate the licenses learnedn the next steps you're thinking about how you to build on what we know and improve on what we know. i d a question with the tallying my counties collaborative. >> the san francisco health commission internal affairs helped to start that program. that is a that involves not only the sfpuc local colleges, our local columbia college and tradeunions, the 12 band of tribe the chicken ranch so varies stakeholders in our community and come togeth

we have a apprenticeship program preapprenticeship program is e vulnerable populations and helping them to get jobs preapprenticeship training in trades has been in trades. and it is really a really great collaborative a really great for our community. when they graduate into■z the preapprenticeship 1245ir quality struction work. they can't qualify for hetch hetchy power position only need mo time under in their belt and some of the construction contractors but that's what the collaborative is a great thing. >> sounds like great. thank

you. >> before concluding i wan to follow-up i was working full time i went to the meetings in 2025 or whatever the hell then they haveadunity college people go collaborative and ha to be in the bay city and say here's what going on and reporting on the hours so that is really is a hands-on collaborative for the water stuff so it was exciting reminded my of the good old days so thank you. i think it ever important i said at the beginning looking forward to the targeted responses if a the it important for the commission to

hear what the positions out of town fancy stuff so thank you very much on item number 5 a to >> madam secretary or mr. secretary. >> callers raise your hand anyone wish to provide comment on this item. >> seeing none, moderator any callers with their hands raised? >> madam secretary onealle wishes to be recognized. >> thank you. >> go ahead speaker please. caller you have to minutes. thank you. peter. i ws;ant to congratulate staff for mcprogress on filling the gaps good news keep on goin commissioner ajami has creative

ideas and sometimes a small benefit of vacancies is um, savings in the budget and in this case they far off that is rising capi june 4th had a quarterly report on hetch hetchy capital improvement program and the approved budget for capital improvement for the year was one billion dollars the forecast one $.5 billion, 50 percent hiefrp onhalf billion dollar for the water entries■y■ 20 percent increase in foofrtsdz costs by this is a huge problem especially given the fact if you're looting in two years everything community-based organizations as planned you'll be looking at the for a little bit target people are every year more and more concerned before a

another revolt like in the 80su september and knows what happened in 2023/24 i encourage you to use this is a an retain my suggestion by removing using realistic demands projections won't have to invest in ultimate water supplies plan staff is looking at added 92 to one hundred billion gallons a day much if erase by making a few calls (bell ringing) >> thank you caller. >> any more callers in queue? >> more callers in the eue. thank you. public

comment is closed. . general manager. >> i b. >> 5b. water system improvement program quarterly report. >> katie miller to present. >> good afternoon president paulson and commissioners may i have the slides please. i'm katie miller the directo the the capital programs and presented to you an update the regional improvement planning program at the o evens of the those charts should thero percent complete during the last quarter $6 million in expenditures. >> this costs summer table it the states of active projects since the revised project budget were approved by this commission on april 9th of this year no/a

revised program was approved by in commission with costs cr for two projects and the program management and schedule for the remaining three projects i guess program management the reasons for the challenges were debate for the notice report that was posted on the webbedn and included in the package. few i'll provide more details about the two active projects this during the last to quarters negotiation with the alameda creek contractor were ongoing. and amendment was reached on te payment. theroject team has been evaluating to perform planning to

erosion requirements for pond f-2 as well as simplified processes and it was decided an additional $5 million in budget wi b assure adequate project funding combordz and the notice of changes approved in private to $5 million to the project budget. the 10 yea capital plan in 2024 includes the $5 million for this additional funding. finally a tasks been noeshgd for consultant support to help to reevaluate the design and operations requirements and recommendrosion improvements this planning work is currently ongoing. for the registering recovery project a contract wass

for the wells under the phase one xhochlths contract for phase two a communication continued on contract b to rehabilitate thee damaged by corrosion an install the speed drives and meters during the quarters 7 refurnished pump were installed and power available frequency drive. for phase two b contractor b was awarded in february under the change is completion date was citywned due to the details if pg&e electrical designvk= submil the final easements with kaiser permanente was noeshgdnd the agreement is before you for approval. also under the notice of change scope was added to the project to construct

pretreatment for the linear park wells to remove the ammonia it is underway the construction will be added as a change orde oc contract louse the sfpuc to turn this to cal water earlier than waiting for the completion of regional groundwater treatment project of which in the entrepreneurs cip in the early planning phase. with that, i'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> commissioners? >> if you for that update seeing none, thank you. so the general public comment. >> public comment. >> remote callers please raise your hand if you wish to provides comment on this item.

>> seeing none, moderator any callers with their hands raised? >> commission secretary no callers that wish to ident. zed you. thank you. that concludes my report. >> at the general manager and clldz a consent calendar before us on items a there k and i want to note that item c has been removed from the leoma's landing and being put on the regular calendar as itemcj■.■+ number t moving forward not removed s■u commissioner do we have any questions or pull of any of the

stemsioner stacy. >> thank you i just is a coue brief thoughts on 6 d and e-1■u stions on 6 d why the construction delay number was so many lower i checked in with many robinson who answered the question not necessarily the numbers to it share the details how they - um, choose their risks but the fair amount and construction has done a fair amount of work with the sfpuc before maybe knows how 80 how to anticipate what the■v delays mit ppen i make sure i understand in the delay are

caused by the sfpuc is their limit up to a certain number of days did i understand that the extra somewhat low has been put dollar per over a 10 day it is low but guess competitive process and the contracts bids that and awarded based on for how risks choose to accept we don't get involved in that. >> is there a limit on the number of days with the delay number. >> the language is there so the city gets compensated the contractor gets coensated the lower number but the contractor

feel comfortable and each con schedu different in this case clearly k the number of days used for the evaluation and told in this case was■s 106#p days this is won do multiple by 10 and 6 e. >> n the groundwater design and planning study i wondered what has sort of interested the puc in seeking more information abou skyline and planning and i think you■v answered that in question but there isope with the update of ground level system increed reliably and subsequent and simplify the maintenance and operation and make the groundwater system work

better as a unit i want to make sure i understa that is the genesis of lac for more ideas and a more dine from the citizens advisory committee. >> yes. ■q that's correct the treatment needs to change and is regulations how wing with the system so doing modificationnd the water quality i forgot that one thank you, that was helpful. >> thank you. >> commissioner ajami. >> i have actually a follow-up you the■ if you allow the contracts for the come conversation i don't want to be

a broken record i repeat everything multiple tim but hoping as we move to the different go contracts we do more and more of that we have a few examples of people not finishing projects and covid is covid for everything but, you kno think about other things to blame so9= somehow people having to be we need to interest a performanc base conversation people are not delivering on time and on target. so they are responsible; right? >> so, anyway wanted to bring this up again. i know i have

heard this multiple times by hoping at point see that more and more and a number of contracts calvin will talk about la pebble d flip side with whet contractor challenges and created that advantages or other contract agriculture things and exercising that right. >> (multiple voices.) >> if you different you have a specific performance which■ use performance based contract and has a very specific tart if we get into the whole let's say them they say us and we share ts and a bunch of people make money and i'm more on theg clear8/ specific goals to achie

befo mess of legal system and that's where the performance combo play a lot of people will end of delaying keep on extending their contracts with the second level and finish some you find and some you don't it is not useful for the city so. thank you. >> you're nodding and acknowledge that thank you, commissioners any more questions regarding the consent agenda let's go to public comment on is consent calendar please. remote■y callers please raise yr hand on item six the consent agenda any members of the public wish to provide public comment on this item seeing ■none, moderator any callers with their hands raised. >> a commission secretary no callers that wish to be

recognized you thank you, public comment is closed. can i get a motion and second to approve the clldz. >> move to approve. >> second. >> motion and second roll >> president paulson eyes. >> commissioner ami, aye. >> commissioner stacy and the consent agenda is paragraphed not i believe called the regula. an outdoor yard at 19500 nugget boulevard, sonora, california at an itircent (3%) annual increases. >> good afternoon, commissioners president paulson and general manager i'm josh the now director the r5e689 returning working in real estate

and happy to be be back and labor day to those days in the future. so we're here for a straightforward warehousing leasno occupancy in her team for the hetch hetchy water and power division and the purpose 80 is storage only to find a new safe location for the hetch hetchy team to store the and materials they're essential for the entire operation and repair of water and power system and the at the old power house that is functionally and structurally obtain let for the deterioration of the building to actually find a different solution here. and i was indicating no vote use about the facility other than the current um, so really quick the f

proposed lease first of all, the team reached out to real estate services to do a search and they have multiple location in the area. and basic in location at sonora was 19500 nugget boulevard conditional size but more consolidate but the promotionist to the 0e9 eration and the price was right on the lowve'll get into square feet of swairs for 5 years plus to year options to extend the base rent is $0.89 under $11 per square feet foyer

a fraction but good outer theres far as is goes total rent under one hundred and $70,000 a year will there three percent over the year but this is also a lease rage with the landlord paying for the maintenance for the repair of the facility itself and the sfpuctaxes will be responsible for for the utilities and occasion as the n storage use e s with the hetch hetchy team to please approve this lease we'll expect an approval on september 1st and the process will immediately begin to move the materials out continues to look for long term solutions before i sign of thank you, sheryl and margaret and

others and debbie karen friday fry and nancy taylor i'll be happy to answer any i so a question we'rexpec - by e way back home i was going to drive past [off mic cindy was suggesting to stop with the family and - and timed to get their ass home that being said, you said the s useless and only a storage whatever that's the reason that

was a regular flag i assume it is relativelyou

and, you know, i don't know if we're some others type of. >> it will not fall down new but not a safe location the condition as they call it for twoete cancer a terrible word but actually at some point will fall off no employees are they're not an employee issue as a physicals issue regarding long term repurposing of the facility i will be speak latino and i get it i over a year ago. >> your piece now concrete cancer or whatever else i got it we'll have another report on that later on.

>> i think that's all that i'll say about that. any other questions commissioner. >> thank you. >> thank you for your presentation i still have a questi say we spends years; right? and then what happens and going our stuff after that that the reason you know w■hat how much we all f we wanted to find a more permanent place for those items to be sred is a good strategy t finding a more■ permanent solution. >> utility scoring it on the we need to talk about long term repurchasing definitely in the right market for something that

is a permanent semi permanent use to perpetuity will be identical to own our own available right away we at the bottom it makes sense is it structured tu the ability do come up with the capital for a physical asset could definitely happen supposition to councilmember ryu we don't do a 9 year deal. with sheryl the long term goal to move to the owner facility the question do we buy one? potentially could we developone■ but that is confirmed a long-term goal is this is an interim solution but have further questions for

sheryl. >> i was wondering you're an expert so one hundred and 69 thnd 5 years. >> for 5 years. >> how many square fe lands can i buy for that much money. >> complicated you're looking at a swair so- (multiple voices). >> we are one quarters of a 55 thousand square feet bing we'll see to - i think we actually have this in the lease if i remind the first right of refusal and the problem is 65 thousand we have the need for 55 thousand 800 and have to find the right property. in this case we're one fourth o but, yes in about ideal worlds

referring to me as an expert. >> no, no, i think we're going to be be beyond that is synagogue to know if it jumps front of an la project but a stand alone especially the rates rise city of so your buying the time to figure out the timep for public comment. >> remote callers please raise your hand if you rich or wish to provide comments on item 7 seeing none, moderate rain water any callers with their hands raised. >> k3489 no callers wish to be . and can i get a motion and

second to approve te terms and conditions of item 7?6, >> i'll second. >> moved and second roll call, please. >> president paulson, aye. >> commissioner ajami eyes. >> commissioner stacy, aye. >> three ayes. >> property up in cinco de mayo de mayo sonora. >> underground water pipeline and associated appurtenances; (ii) a 1,273-square-foot easement for electrical utilities and associated sonora. >> francisco, california 94080for $266,100, subject to board of supervisors' and mayor's approval. >> good afternoon commissioners. >> may i please is the slides have the slides. >> i'm dinah the right-of-way manager for the sfpuc and here to seek your approval for the acquisition for water and power

facilities for the regional groundwater storage and recoverd project. the contract for phase two at the regional storage postage was awarded inbruary of this year. the phase two b ra part of the grocery store project for the well stations within the european suicidal go during for sfpuc customers and the phase twod level pimp system in the main well sit shown in green. as well as a pipeline from the water wells to up chest to the cal water ground level treatment plants shown in blue the groundwater pimp system needed electrical systems in yellow to bottom left

corner and this is owned by kaiser foundation hospitals to implement the sfpuc needs to inquiry temporary easement ri kaiser permanente. sfpuc right-of-way staffed the purpose and sale of a permanent easements for an easement for ud by pg&e as well as two temporary construction easements necessary to install the facilities. what you'll be approvingub approval for the board of supervisors is a purpose and sale aren't for the conveyance between the city and county of san francisco through it's public utili agreement is subject to approval by t■he■ board of supervisors. e

easements to be acq-iuired one construction easement; and (iv) a 1,886-square-foot temporary construction easement across a portion of san mateo county assessor's parcel purchase price is 200 and $56,100,000 i'm joined by cascaded katie miller. >> thank you i'm personally amazed those small little things with 12 entities i have a piece of land the size of this computer and 16 has to be done because someone wants to put something on it those are the best minds p■?utti this together to the final price so

ll judgment on this for what i'm seeing is tha comment it is interesting and so see those the transfers i see no questions commissioner ajami thank you for your presentation i city of sunnyvale personal curiosity how do the for those kinds of easements go why is kaiser permanente wanting to give us those impacts they're land in the future; right? h t things? is this somthing we have to keep in mind for the future and all that. >> yeah. actually a that's a great question. oven is smaller theroperty the harder to acquire so a government agency

um, can compel a sell a property; right? under what is called under the government code has to be for the greater of the public good and have proof if this in court. the purpose of that to then compel us to negotiate■t as much as possibleo reach a reasonable settlement and in this case kaiser permanente was willing to work but us, we do an appraisal an independent third party appraisal review of the property rights they're not very common appraisals and then make an offer based on the fair market value determined in the appraisal report codes we have is he over property owner up to

5 thousand for the own appraisa) in this case kaiser foundation hospitals obtained their will appraisal and for a period of wh in a general. real estate he negotiation until you, you can come to a of this term. in this casements they're interesting because easements require ongoing obligations would on the property owner and on the easement up holder so in the case like this you negotiate the terms of easement how often will be assessing■çnd how much space. >> what are you putting in the ground and futre development snooik not a big deal but not in a location where the property can be developed for vertical development but are cases which wille for the coming this year that impacts the vertical

development those negotiations are difficult to do. >> thank you very much for that. >> thank you. >> any other questions on this transition okay. thank you very much let's open up for public comment please i don't needemote your hand for number 8 any members of the public wish to have comment and moderate rain water any callers public comment is closed on item 8 a second on >> move to ap and second to approve item 8 the roll complained, aye. ■2 commissioner ajami, aye. >> commissioner stacy. aye. >> three ayes and read

>> three ayes and read item >> 9. adopt the final mitigated negative declaration and a mitigation monitoring and reporting program pursuant to the california environmental quality act (ceqa); approve project no00 at 2000 marin, to e facilities at 1990newcomb avenue; and authorize staff to proceed with actions necessary to implement the to implement the to implement the project, including issuance of the notice-to-proceed for the construction phase pursuant to the construction manager/general contractor (cm/gc) contract no. wd-2879r. this action constitutes the approval action for the project for the purposes of ceqa, pursuant to san francisco administrative code section 31.04(h).é >> slides please. good afternoon, commissioners. >> i'm shelby the prosecuting force campus on 200 marin and here to request your properties for the negative declaration and approve this project to plead for those of you who don't know who the city distributionhe san

department that is what you see on the tracks city for people maintaining the cities and counties decide water system our 12 hundred miles of in the meta program why are we can֎ those faciliti? little existing facilities for the construction in the 60s exceeded the useful san francisco had population growth resulting and as you can see is from the we're fabricating this mask war for theable nothing sufficient to maintain the vehicles we have overcrowd offices to current existing campuses wasin

and cross traffic at the campus we're going to solve all those o marin and in good company with the puc west of chavez and on the yards on the other see a closures look bounds by■ chavez and west 200 marin dead i understand on the south side and way to the east here's what we're building all the new buildings are the sames■■? the existing uses of the current facilities computing and multip swhair and a parking structure

as you can see we're going to use all those spaces available on the site. um, so some of the key design objectives w subsequ with the sprawl p to the combhas work spaces and no coll inner action down tow yard it is important to design a campus with a spine with the workforce will cross packets to they're individual work spaces and this will be a stormwater garden area and the pedestrian area completely operator from theulae perimeter and sustainability prolong the stormwater gardens in the core of campus■k we're

doing a deems for solar energy and produce over nine hundred kilowatts a day a megawatt a significant councilmember hendrix i have tfigure out if we can absorb the excess power i'll be generating and then we also are attempted to■o(' recyc the exciting bin so here are key milestones. we are well underway in documents the final fwaes of design and starred the procurement progress with the deem and hope to issue this get the demo sub contractor on board to start that and finish by the end of the year in 2028 san francisco

water department to the campus and the budget askpproximately $393 io the project of this magnitude can't be achieved wasn't a significant teamsb to execute. the project and um, we have a very large multi disciplinary team led by mark and the cst management been involved in the process along the way. the environmental review has been completed. we issued the preliminary negative declaration for thirty day review period and no exempts received the final negative declaration was issued on july that's it. and to get here today. and that was due to the great work of the san

francisco puc environmental group the planning department and panoramic incumbents to get it across is finish li and here's on imagine of the future of the campus and hope to see you at theroe happy to answer a questions you may have great. thank you i think a lot of the excitement about that. >> including in the employees who work in the system the there is sent mental about the yard we're excited about new developments thank you for that and i'm surprise when you said no, no a lot of comments about when you remember through the process i guess good to hear for the work been done and we're all at least i'll speak for myself

having the water up-to-date is the same for example, the coities c was a very inclusive project within■ the communities and put togethernd seat to the community and a good headquarters for the work donet guess thanks for the report and looking forward to the next steps. >> so all good news there. >> commissioner ajami. >> thank you super exciting looks really good too and this is good. quick question i remember on site reused system should be installed if i'm not for and against mistaken a water use no there is not don't have >> (multiple voices).

>> that i remember that. okay. so still the management. okay. >> correct. >> interesting how much space do you need is. >> it is complicated the stock brokerage possibly putting lyon tanks on outside of tanks and caesar chavez and then are the distribution treatment unfortunately, you know, you're you don't need it and um, no space for significant slairn no■ like the community center i had to so acres to play with you. >> and a lot of (unintelligible). >> yeah. >> but i mean, i'm not talking about the generation of water tw use to be able to

have a place you're saying to be used for title but we looked at the and from a while ago but didn't work. >> didn't this fall there the same ordinance that living ask building larger than than a ooked at that but. >> (multiple voices). >> two years ago but i can get back to you on that. >> i'm assuming not suresible it is- >> (multiple voices). >> i can embedded back on the investigation was and what we went through. >> (multiple voices.) >> and the power for sfpuc. >> we need other people to use it um, i'll appreciable i you can get back to me a sure. >> thank you i really want to say kudos on the project it s request for a to have no comments on the negative

declaration and i assume there wasn't any other comments. >> it was standard. >> yeah. >> you also with community in the area or with with t two departments public utilities commission and make sure that all worked together. >> um, during the negative declaration. >> n as part- >> (multiple voices). >> as part of the project? >> um, well um, i mean, we have a lot cooperation with the other departmentalized because of and on a project■ is a lot o coordination on that basis. >> thank you. >> okay. >> commissioners. >> thank you. >> exciting stuff go to public comment pase tl me did a

callers please raise your hand for item 9 anyone wish to provide public comment on this item seeing none, moderator any callers. >> commission secretary no callers that wish to be recognized. >> thank you. >> consistent so motion and second to move the adoption? >> i move to approve and adopt the negative declaration. >> i'll second. >> motion and second. roll callplpaulson, aye. >> commissioner ajami. >> vice president nageswaran, aye. >> three ayes. >> moving forward now we have item 10 was moefldz to a report here in the regular calendar. >> and there's a mr. sears

and there we go. >> billing sears policy natural resources division i'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> maybe give a quick summary. >> this is my usual probeshere have a few technical corrections one in the staff report and one in the resolution itself there is exactly the same change is change was around environmental review section it's the um - the um, second paragraph th current version the tids previously said the leads satisfaction stadium the mitigation program and adopted.s

an exemption project so an exemption there is currents code a new exemption no m rp reporting programé6 m mp was requirednd therefore, but there is a requirement in the current code for a protect measures to be mr. in place and staff put together the ceqa adoption and is monitoring protocol called it age m m rp rather than a protection it is confusing not need to be adopt pi d the permanent any and in the ceqa

adop■ti implementing agency not the led agency the led agency is stan law counties so assumed as stated in the revised version assumed responsibilities for implementing the monitoring requirement the protection measurements in into the mitigation reporting plan we have. for this project. hopefully that. >> you're answering questions which is why we pulled it off person that asked question comment on the. >> commiseracy. >> thank you for is presentation he did have that questiond ahead of time and that the program is a normal

clash to everyone but paurlz and see measures are built in the project so looks like a w and i also um, wanted tonprofits and agencies were a number of um, organizations involved they there is a motion on the table. working on this program is trusts and the tlying me river and is. >> (pig sound.) >> and stan las rec and park and your staff and our staff and i wanted to give you and for the inputs and thank you for walk you through that environmental question again.

>> thank you very much. commissioner ajami. >> i also wanted to say no is - a little bit confused with you said we don't need the m m rp so but need to monitor and maintain and . >> correct and report everything otherwise how do we know those things will work code is somewhat confusing and didn't lion with the he ceqa need those part of ceqa this is less than this is a new exemption brand new exemption not around long.nde our projecty in first 10 projects brought into t new exemption so the

way it is explained to me i'm not a ceqa experts ayouanhu tell what they call the exemption. they required protection program something less than an adopt and required adoption like an m m rp it is different. and so what we've(m■ done and the consultt preliminar ceqa were completed or approved really those both the m m rp the protective measures trying to anticipate all those requirements and then build in whatever superstars we want to pit in there for a completes program. not something that of required by ceqa to put together and adopt by the led agencies

rather was something we were doing in anticipation of having requirements we had that from the beginning. >> we - shouldn't have called is that. >> it is confusing t call that an m m rp. >> (multiple voices.) >> a specific thing. >> one question i had i was 'm assuming i have collected a lot of data. so somehow we need to make sure thatdata we can track how things are evolving as we're doing all those things but for thought you said - i got. >> okay. >> that. >> we're required to monitoring. >>(multiple voices.) >> and you're not required- >> (multiple voices). >> because we want to of curi we're spendin money

know the project of data is i' have. >> (multiple voices.) >> auto no project without a data. >> i kwat you mean i got it. >> commissioner stacy. >> i wanted to follow up own commissioner ajami question. i think is advantage of having prepared this m m rp is that we know who is responsib how they' implemented part of the project so enforceable because they're built into the■ and is statutory and the approving agency will and monitor them and seeing obligations to help work pi b as they move forward with the project. >> it was a little bit confusing i think it is useful

tool to really equate whats measures are who will be responsible for. so■)the. >> any on the commissioners questions. >> communication open up for public comment and remote callers anyone wishing to provide public comment. >> seeing none, moderator any. >> commission secretary one caller who wishes to be recognized you. thank you. >> have been unmidnight and have two minutes. >> thank you peter. in his wor collaboratively on work up near is range we work together. and we appreciate the opportunity. this project will be even better

if there is more flow in the me of resolutions that the commission adopted in 2020 resolution 20e the commission t directed to work with the development appropriate long term management plan and process using the performance measures for the mechanism of flow and flow measures and relating4v i the responsive to increase the jewel out river th san june river the sfpuc didn't sends notice materials t work is considered and i was sta to say while requests for the distri took while to

respond but they did yesterday sfpuc mentioned by the bothlogy goals i encoura you to find out in staff has taken any measures to follow through. thank you. >> thank you. >> commission secretary no more callers in the queue. >> thk you public comment is closed. and can we have a/p motion and can to approve item 10. >> move to as to. >> motion and second call the roll, please. president paulson, aye. >> commissioner aji. stacy, aye. >> three ayes. >> item 10sses. thank you.

>> item 11. >> 11. items initiated by commissioners (discussion only) anything anyone wants to. okay - yes. >> um, i really appreciate that debate on the green infrastructure grant program it is alsoit how that is progressing want to commiss >> any other acknowledgements of the communications? >> okay. >> let's go to item 12. >> 12. public comment on the matter to be addressed during closed seson. commissioners any items that need to be um, initialed or■k talked about in s to assert the attorney-client privilege regarding the matter listed below the commission will

claim no. date filed claimt ■ proposed settlement amount 24-00847 november 2, 2023 chelsea motor inn $42,111.60. >> any public comment open up for public comment b impression. remote callers please raise your hand any members of the public ■nwish to provide comments on ts item seeing none, moderatorews ? >> confidentiality no callers that wish to be recognized. >> okay. an public comment i closed. need a motion to whether we

assert the attorney/client privilege regarding the closed session item. >> move to assert attorney/client second. >> the motion and second call the roll. >> president paulson, aye. >> commissioner ajami, aye. >> commissioner stacy, aye. >> three ay (in closed session). >> there we go okay. we're ■9 now in open session. i am thn has approved the settlement nums entertain motion which we disclose our motion. >> move in and out to disclose. >> second. >> motion and second call the roll, please. president paulson >> commissioner stacy, aye. >> we are three ace on the ■# case no more items on the

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and i found multiple jobs and owe that to everything i learned here in. >> no wrong donor i feel yr department has done is great job throughout the workforce developmen■cs >> in the bay area as a whole, thinking about environmen sustainability. we have been a leader in the country across industries in terms of what you can do and we have a learn approach. that is what allows us to be successful. >> what's wonderful is you have so many people who come here and they are what i call policyd wh banning plastic bags, recycling,

composting, all the different thgs that we can do to improve the environment. we really champion. we are at recycle central, a large recycle fail on san francisco pier 96. every day the neighborhood trucks that pick up recycling from the blue bins bring 50 # o tons of bottles, cans and paper here to this facility and unloa francisco's recycling company, theyort that into aluminum cans, glass cans, and different p making efforts to send less materials to the landfill an give more materials for recycling. other cities are observing this and areus of san

francisco's robust recycling program. it is good for the environment. but there is a lot of low quality plastics and junk plastics and candy wrappers and is difficult to recycle that. it is low quality material. in most citioes to landfill. >> looking at the plastics stry is the main producer of blastics. and as we have been trying tot transfer stream, this is the fossiu isn't recycled and goes into the waste stream and the landfill and unfortunately in the ocean. with the stairry step there will be more plastic in thfish. >> we can recycle again and again and but plastic, maybe you can recycle it once, maybe. and that, even that process it

downgrades into a lower quality >> it is cheaper for the oil industry to create new plastics and so they have been producing more and more plastics so with our ab793, we have a bill that really has a goal of getting our beverage bottles to be made of more recycled content so by the time 0 around t recycle content in a coke bottle, pepsi bottle, water bottle, will be up to 50% which is higher t■mhatte the percentage in the european union and the highest percentage in the world. and that way you can actually feel confident that what you're drinking will actually become recycled. now, recommendation is don't use to plastic bottle to begin w do, they are committing to 50% recycled content. >> the test thing we can do is vote with our consumer dollars when we're shopping.

if you can die something with no packaging and find loose fruits and getables, that is the best. find in packaging and glass, metal and pap rer all easily recycled. we don't want plastic. we wantstic. awe what you we do lol program disposable and work one on one to provde technical assistance to swap out the disposable food service to reusables and we have funding available to support businesses to do that so that is a way to get them off there. and i believe now isef the solu come on the market and come on is really logistics company and what we offer to containers that they can or just like they would so we came

from about a point that a lot of customers feel which wills a lot of waste with takeout and deliver, even transitioning fromtyrofoam to plastic, it is still and to dream about reusing this one to be re-implemented and cost delivery and food takeout. we didn't haveways. most people used to get delivered to people's homes and then the empty milk containers were put back out when fresh milk came. customers are s excited that we have this available in o restaurant and came back and asked and were so excited about it and rolled it ous awareness understanding what it is and how it■ works andan

integrate it into their life. >> and they have always do it and usually that is aay sustain change to what makes good financialense especially as there are shipping issues and material issues and we see that will potentially be a way that . and so i think making that case to other restaurateurs will really help people adopt this. >> one restaurant we converted 2,000 packages and the impact and impact they have in the community with one switch. and we have been really

encouraged to see more and more restaurants cooperate this. we are big re-ecology does in terms of adopting new systemsn the curre when people come to the facility, theyar by how much waste they see and the volume of the operations andolo dedicated to sort ce led 25 tous to reach about 1100 students. and they wanted to make chang and this is sorting in the waste stream they do every single day and they can take ownership of

and make a difference with. >> an i feel very, very fortunate that i get to represent san francisco in the legislature and allows me to push the envelope and it is because of the people the city t because of the eco system of policy thinking that goes on i san francisco that we are constantly seeing san francisco leading the way. >> kids know there's a lot of environmental issues that they are facing. and that they will be impacted by the impact of climte change. they will have the opportunity to be in charge and make change and make the decisions in the future. >> we are re-inventing the way the planet does garbage founded in then ethic and hunger to send less to landfills. this is so many wonderful things p i feel very fortunate and very

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that's it you're all set the license plate will only be saved for the duration of our parking time check for the area and show you're parked legally and they're an easy way to pay for parking. >> we video has been helpful thanks for >> i don't think you need to be an expert to look aroun an se the increasing frequency of throughout california. they are continuing at an e■vern as we all know, the drought continues and huge shoa right now. i don't think you have to be an expert to see theimpact. when people create greenhouse

gases, we are doing so by different activities like burning fossil fuels and letting off carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and we also do this with food waste. when we waste solid food and leave it in the it puts methane gas into the atmosphere and that accelerates the rate at which we are warming our planet and makes all the cl. the good news is there are a lot ■d particularly composting and the added benefit is when the compost is actually applied to the soil, it has tity to reverse climate change by the atmosphere and into the soil and the t radios. andthere is huge amount of science that is breaking right now around that. >> in the early 90s, san francisco hired some engineers

to analyze the material san francisco was sending landfill. they did a waste characterization study, and that san francisco was sending to landfill could be composted. t was things like food scraps, coffee grounds and egg shells and sticks and leaves from gardening. together re-ecology in san francisarted this curbside composting program and we were the first city in the country to collect food scraps separately from other trash and turn them into compost. it turns out it was one of the best things we ever did. it kept 2.5 million tons of material out of the landfill, produced a beautiful nutrient rich compost that has gone on to hundreds of farms, orchards and vineyards. so in th way you can manage your food scraps and produce far less methane. that is part of the solution. that gives people hope that doi down climate change.

>> i have been into organic farming my whole fe. when we started planting trees, it was natural to have compost from re-ecology. compost is how i work and the soil biology or the microbes feed the plant and our job as regenerative farmers is to feed the microbes with compost and they will feed the plant. it is very much like in business where you say take care of your employees and your employees will take carolinas of your customers. the same thing. take care of the soil microbes and soil life and that willw$he. >> they love compost because it is a nutrient rich soil amendment. it is food for the soil. thaphotosynthesis. pulling carbon from the atmosphere. pushing it back into the soil where it and the roots exude carbon into e helping turn a farm into a carbon sink. it is an international model.

delegations from 135 countries have come to study and it actually helped inspire a new law in california, senate bill 1383. which requires cities in california to reduce the amount send to landfills by75% by 2025. and san francisco helped inspire this and this is a nation-leading policy. >> because we have such ansúkt immature relationship with nature and the natural cycles and the carbon cycles, government does have to step in and protect the commons, which is soil, ocean, foryes, sir, and so forth. -- forest, and so fors. that our largest corporations are a significant percentage of carbon emission, and that the corporate communi reducing carbon emissions.unate and no requirement that they

disclose anything about the carbon footprint, the core operation and sp360 stands for the basic notion that large corporations should be transparent about the carbon footprint. it makes all the sense in the world and very but is controversial. any time you are proposing a policy that is going to make real change and that will change behavior because we know that when corporations have to disclose and be transparent and have that kind of accountability, there is going to be opposition. >> we have to provide technical assitance to comply with the state legislation sb1383 whicha donation program. we keep the edible food local. and we are not composting it because we don't want to compost edible food. food to get eaten within san francisco and feed folks in need.

francisco we have such a broad and expansive education progr c. but also that we have partners in government and nonprofit that are dedicated to this work. t san francisco unified school district, we have a sustainability office and educators throughout the science department that are building it into the curriculum. making it easy for teachers to teach about this. we work together to build a pipeline for students so that when they are really young in pre-k, they are just learning about the awe and wonder and beauty of nature and they are connecting to animals and things they would naturally find love and affinity towards. as they get older, concepts that keep them engaged like society ople and economics. >> california is experiencing many years of dr dry periods. that is really hard on farms and is really chcompost helps farms

these difficult ti. compost is a natural sponge that attracts and rnd so when we put around the roots of plants, it holds any moisture there from rainfall or irrigation. it helps farms make that corner and that helps them grow for food. you can grow 30% more food in naturally with compost. farms and cities in california are very hip now to this fact that creating compost, providing compost to farms helps communities survive and get through those dry periods. >> here is the thing. soil health, climate health, human health, one conversation. if we grow our food differently, we can capture all that excess carbon in the atmosphere and store it in unlimited quantities in the soil, that will create nutrient dense foods that will take care of most of our

civilized diseases. so it's one conversation. people have to understand that they are nature. they can't separate. we started prowling the high plains in the 1870s and by the 1930s, 60 year, we turned it into a dust that is what ignorance looks like when you don't pay attention to nature. na bats last. so people have to wake up. w >> it ise get frustrated because we have this completely sustainable 24/7 in all aspects of your life. it is not about being perfect. it is about making a change here, a change there in your life. maybe saying, you kw i don't have to drive to that particular place today. today i am going to take the bus or i walk. it is about having us is stainable in mind. that is -- it is about having sustainability in mind. that is how we move the dial. you don't have to be perfect all

the time. >> san francisco has been and will continue to be one of the greener cities because there are communities who care about protecting a special■ ecosystem and habitat. thinking about the history of the ohlone and the native and indigenous people who are stewar otory to now with the ambitious climate action plan we just passed and the goals we have, i think we have a dedicated group of people who see the importance of this place. and who put effort into biling an infrastructure that actually makes it possible. >> we have a long history starting with the gold rush and the anti-war activism and that is also part of the environmental movement ines. and of course, earth day in 70 which is huge. and i feel very privileged to work for the city because we ar7 on such a forefront of environmental issues, and we get calls from all over the world

really to get information. how do cities create waste programs like they do in san francisco. we are looking into the few which you e innovation. we want solutions.■■/ >> sanitation and streets commission. today is none ■aday july 15, 20

and it 1003 a.m. secretary fuller, please call the roll. >> good morning. please respond or present. commissioner anderson is present. commissioner eusope is present. vice chair harrison is present. chair hartwig-schulman is present and christopher simi has a planned absence. with four membersprint we have quorum for sanitation and streets commission. public comment is