about vintage clothing. always just been so passionate about what i do and i felt it was the right time after 7 years online. i think it is what north beach needed. especially because vintage clothing is so good for the environment as well. very anti--i think it is great and a opportunity to 2024.) >> commissioner stacy here. >> commissioner arce here. >> commissioner jamdar we have quorum well, does that feel good welcome to the you knew commissioners i'm tlierl you agreed to serve and looking forward to working with i think that everyone brings amuse and different expertise and experience with the commission

will all work in our favor thank you for being here. and agreeing to serve like to homeland of the ramaytush (rah-my-toosh) ohlone (o-lon-ee) who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. looked at with the historic territory of the ramaytush ohlone tribal and other familiar decendents of the historic federally recognized missions santa fe of alameda county and the sfpuc recognize that every citizen residing within the greater bay area has ann and continues to benefit from the use and occasion of the raymond tribe lands. since before and after the san francisco public utilities commission founding in 1932. it is vitality important we not only recognize the

history of tribal lands on when we reside but we acknowledge and honor the fact that the people are established and working partnership with the sfpuc and have preview and flushing in numbers in the greater san francisco bay area community today. please call the today. please call the officers: discussion and possible action to elect a president and vice president of the san francisco public utilities commission. >> i thought i'd explain the process at the outset we would elect the president first and take first take public comment on the election of the president and following that we would um, take public comment and then consider nomination for an election of vice presidents. >> we have a couple of options if we want to get our seat under

us, we can continue to the next meeting it is really up to the commissioners and the commission what you would like to do today and let's call public comment first and remote callers please raise your hand for the election of president any members of the public who wish to provide comment on this item? >> seeing none, moderator. >> thank you. >> we need to ask commissioners for the chronologically understanding what has been happening with sfpuc. and that requires a unique experience. i'm not going

to do a assessment of on our qualifications. and done research and know what each of one of you are capable of doing. some deeply and some superficially that's my research not - not deflects on you. >> the i've been attending those meetings for over 45 years. at city hall. >> and um, it shocked me how the previous commissioners stepped down and how the elections were done. and also shocked a lot of my friends. what i would suggest that is san

francisco. and embrace everyone. put your best foot forward (bell ringing) and embrace our university students. and embrace the communities and embrace public comment. public comment is to be three minutes and now 2 minutes and - but we need public comment and we need this relationship between the public and the commissioners. thank you very much. >> any other members of the public who wish to speak? >> moderator. >> any callers. >> which she recognized. >> caller i've unmuted your phone you have 2 minutes.

>> thank you and good afternoon that is peter the director for the trust. welcome the new commissioners looking forward to working with you both it would be nice to see commissioner stacy as chair, i hope she'll be the president i think she's engaged and works well with the public one thing i'm hoping whoever is president to have something that commissioner asked has brought to the commission that is when the request to be added to the advanced calendar for when i expect response from staff and requests are interesting because they're not motion i'd like to see commissioners make moments other than just the staff recommendation. and didn't happen much we know that is will

be an issue on the future agenda if it didn't happen perhaps the president will ask if you agree and if it makes to to the advanced calendar it is adoption the reason owe raise there good requests made not past gone outstanding u unasked her and finally, a response but recently a year commissioner asked information how what would happen if future water sales were lower than sales how will that impact those are an important question and now she's gone we need more accountability and i hope the president will take that option. thank you very much.

>> thank you caller thank you for your comments and no callers wish to be recognized. thank you. >> commissioners um, what's your pleasure? [off mic.] >> thank you. i be honored to serve. >> i'd like to second the motion. >> thank you. >> (laughter). >> all right. shall we call the vote? >> commissioner stacy, aye. >> commissioner arce, aye. >> commissioner jamdar, aye. >> commissioner leveroni, aye. >> the motion carries. >> thank you i look forward to working with all of you for and appreciate your confidence shall we move on to the vice

presidency take public comment on that today? >> callers please raise your hand if you wish to - any members of the public present who wish to provide comment on this item? >> seeing none, moderator any callers with their hands raised? >> no callers wish to be recognized. >> thank you. >> okay. commissioners. >> do you have any nominations or anyone like to make an or a nomination to serve? >> thank you. >> do you accept the

nomination. >> i do commissioner and commissioner stacy. >> take a roll call vote. >> commissioner stacy, aye. >> commissioner arce, aye. >> commissioner jamdar, aye. >> commissioner leveroni the motion carries. >> thank you great. all right. let's call the next item. >> 4. approval of the minutes of september 24, 2024. >> commissioners are there any corrections or amendments to the minutes in that i know you're note here for the meeting but perhaps i watched it? and do we have any public comment on the minutes? >> remote callers raise your hand if you wish to provide examine own this item any members of the jury, wish to provide comment.

>> any callers with their hand raised? >> >> commission secretary, no callers wish to be recognized.. thank you. >> thank you. can i motion and second to approve the minutes. >> commissioner stacy we need motion and second i think first. >> so moved. >> commissioner stacy, aye. >> commissioner arce, aye. >> commissioner jamdar, aye. >> commissioner leveroni motion passes. >> thank you. >> and will you call item >> and will you call item >> and will you call item >> and will you call item members of the public may address the commission on matters that are within the commission's jurisdiction and are not on today's agenda. i have mr. dave warner.

>> thank you for your service i'm here to put a face with a name you'll find i write letters but unusually remotely. and i'm a private officer and hopefully had a chance to look at the introduction to water issues as much as the letter is critical for the sfpuc consequences i believe the sfpuc has a strongable team to identify issues to approve the first step to understand the problem. and each of the items has a history and context for the next several months i'll go into depth in summary i'm concerned sfpuc

practices limit your built a big problem and you are the preliminary representative for 2.7 million and for the enterprise paralleling in the context of the meaning declining water sales and 3 the sfpuc is hayward water that will somehow doesn't you - in the - and so you have a big item and to ask staff to present an educational topic and one topic how commissioners (bell ringing) can change the water rates and i have not heard of a commission where commissioners were given a choice for the projections. my understanding is that the financial planning update public school presented too late to it make changes and testimonies

thank you for your comments. >> thank you and mary. >> yes. i'm calling in the order received. >> please call my name. >> mr. francee d. >> thank you that's how we do that i want to speak on the clean water act. the clean water act is - that those of us who will have the architectural fought for that. and i think the sfpuc is - aye. >> where we need the expertise of the commissioners. we don't

want the commissioners to be - like what i saw at the board of supervisors. the clean water act is a standard. that everyone all over the nation has agreed to abide by. having said that, i would challenge the sfpuc to look at the whole region. the minds from which we get mercury the farmers. who drained the fertilizer. and all the regional people get them together so you have the environmental

protection agency take that route don't go to the supreme court. and waste the taxpayers money we know the superior court has a bias and those those are racism or whatever. the sfpuc has not done diligence in this matter. always filing suits against pg&e and other complies that's all tax paying taxpayer money and should be a mechanism before you go into the big (bell ringing) that you first come to the people we the people. this is not - this is a democracy what i saw on the board of supervisors and how the people that have to have parts but then had to go in

closed session and told don't go head with that and it still went ahead. thank you very much. >> thank you, sir. >> mary butter wick. >> good afternoon. >> um, my name is mary butter wick a long-term resident of san francisco. last week, i listened to the oral argument about the supreme court in san francisco and a case involving two provisions of the clean water act for the city oceanside, wastewater treatment planting plant with the protection of the use like water contacts and location of a coastal removing

waters. protecting designated uses it foundational in protecting the water quality and san francisco must be held directly accountable for the discharges only is receiving waters and listening to the questions raised in the argument i saw the possibility that a superior court wane the clean water act with nationwide repercussion that was true will i heartbreaking. and san francisco misguided lawsuit against the epa work with them and upgrade your combined sewer system has in a state of disrepair i ask - investing in the very expensive alternative water supplies to the tune of

$75 billion (bell ringing) now is the time for the commission to reassess the extremely consecutive route the preliminary tool it sfpuc used for managing the require and the salmon are in spite need of the streams what are we waiting for, thank you (bell ringing). >> . thank you. >> bryan. >> i thank you, commissioner for allowing me to spake the first time in front of the commission and welcome the new commissioners. i am a commercial

and reactional salmon fisherman your decisions will often impact the fishery and i'm not speaking if an economic um, point of view. because i can make it by without. the income but i know many other people can't. but i - what i want to impressed how special this is. and most people are unaware this is the only metropolitan city not world you can go out during times where the season is on as we know not the case the last couple of years because the desperate situation but only in the

pacific we can have a chance of catching two large salmon not the case in saeflt the northwest and canada and buena vista columbia this species they're closing it to king salmon (bell ringing) commercial and recreational fishing we have a chance in california but that chance depends on clean water, and access to habitat and a flow of water as well as clean water in the ocean and bays so you're going to offer have whether it is the epa versus san francisco (bell ringing) um, decisions coming to our desk i beg of you to consider how valuable this resource it is

part of our history and heritage what do we have at the american heritage resources are wildness we don't have that in europe and used to have salmon on the east coast i ask you to consider that. >> thank you for your comments. >> any members of the public wish to speak? >> good afternoon commissioners and newly appointed president i'm the campaign associate representing more than thirty community-based organizations nonprofits and civic groups part of distribution coalition those represent the diversity of the city and groups people on the streets like the community ribbon campaign and the

disability action and neighborhood groups. and barbary coast neighbors we believe zero emissions and, yes this agency has not been engaged in the public conversations around safe streets nor specific zero emissions we we continue to eliminate traffic for injuries we're asking sfpuc to decade but people are killed each year 5 hundred injured pedestrians this year - 2024 is one of the most -

i have a few copies i'll leave (bell ringing) that's why we're calling on the sfpuc for vision zero to accelerate progress in the projects it is critical lives are on is line bring the leadership insuring the project on the streets and traffic calming. thank you. >> thank you for your comments (bell ringing) >> hello thank you for your time my name is claire i'm a board member the walk sf. and um, today, i left my house um, like i do most mornings take my 3-year-old to school went on the

bikes and a couple of blocks we had to redirect because the person pedestrians was struck and killed in the city this year. on the corner that we go to it every day twice a day. any city agency that is responsible for a fleet of vehicles especially large heavy vehicles needs to be a partner in san francisco visions zero i'm here today to inspire my colleagues and the organizations that have identified effective measures we everything work. to make our streets safer for everyone. um, i'm asking you to reconnect to the agencies and partner for san francisco vision zero. thank

you. >> thank you for your comments. >> hi. >> sorry. >> hi, i'm jason foster are resident of the outer richmond and today, i'm here to share my perspective on san francisco federally granted permit to operate the southwest more than 3 miles into the water near the ocean beach the city of san francisco argues in front of the supreme court wednesday we should not bow to state and federal water laws on the basic well - that we shouldn't be found a san franciscan for the state and federal water quality

laws and unbind the city from state and federal laws the city is requesting the supreme court for the permit of wastewater be found illegal. i as a san franciscan and californian want san francisco to be bounds to the wastewater being tied into the pacific ocean and as a american i don't want the permitting process that binds the wastewater operation for the state and federal clean water laws to be undermined (bell ringing) . regarding the cost impacts of having a permit in place that mandates operators adhere to the water quality rules being the sole cause of pen by the city

attorney's not seem last week, a expected um, from the registry action (bell ringing) would you please take the stoops necessary to instruct the city attorney to drop the suits with the environmental protection agency and move forward with figuring out a way to upgrade the entertainment facilities and improving this area please now before november 4th. >> please. >> thank you. >> thank you for your comments. >> any other members of the public wish to speak? >> seeing none, moderator? any. >> seeing none. moderator, any callers with their hand raised? >> i wish to be recognized. >> 5 callers. >> thank you and caller i'm

unmuting you have 2 minutes. thank you. >> welcome to commissioners and thank you all thank you for your time and my name is martin i'm a consumer with the water. b any comments relate to the arbitrary drought never happened in the history beyond conservative with 8 thousand maybe 25 thousand viewers it is getting a response from the commission we don't know how along the drought can be with the characteristically the last of the video workshops funding of focused on the drought with the long term county assessment of or the restrictions and sfpuc staff is goinged the report didn't support of narrative. which the report concluded characteristically does impose a

risk ignoring this is conservatory and staff refuses to talk about this and the commission has not asked them to respond to the analysis and the longer for an image - maintenance or any other system for delivery the costs to the environment rise keep in mind going forward thank you for your service. >> thank you caller thank you for your comments and caller i have unmuted your line you have 2 minutes. >> thank you peter trust. congratulations to commissioner stacy and to commissioner arce i

register seeing you at sfpuc meetings and you're supporting good causes welcome. >> i'd like to ask for commissioner stacy indulgence i'm not to bring up an issue and bring up to the new commissioners, i mentioned earlier about request infrastructure from the commissioners being ignored and broadband in 2018 adopted this requesting higher flows on the requires and the sfpuc sued and that they lost in march pass that hurdle and the sfpuc puts an agreement as an alternative

and it is for the based on science we pointed out no biological goals or adaptive management to correct the problems that are addressed in response those two revolutions were passed between 2019 and 2020 druk staff to work with the (bell ringing) biological goals and adaptive management have not happened and the agreement is a checklist if 2 fails we don't have a back up plan i ask you agendize workshop and a voluntary agreement and ask questions about the response to those two quality directions in the resolutions. >> thank you very much. (bell ringing) >> thank you caller thank you for your comments caller i've unmuted your line you have two

minutes. >> caller? >> caller. >> hello. >> two minutes. >> yeah. this is john louis can you hear me? >> yes we can. >> hi commissioners my name is john rose i'm a commercial fisherman in the recreational fisherman and work as biologist been involved in the san francisco health commission for the last 15 years. um, i'm - welcomeing and concerned about the civil lawsuits on behalf of the san francisco land use & transportation committee over the past two years but i don't think the commission has any say in the lawsuits and no opportunities for the public to

weigh in. otherwise you're brand new to the commission and has to do with with the lawsuits i'm talking about the water board but i believe that no commissioner has any say about any of them never checked the top regarding the lawsuits against the state water board i heard from a colleague that spoke with the commissioner at that time and find out about the lawsuits through the media and rate payers are putting up the money and we have an opportunity to weigh in. i encourage you to find out what policy and what should be expected of you and have chain lawsuits (bell ringing) through the sfpuc and finally the the other thing being a member of the last three years 5 different um, panels and one of them has to do with with the

fisheries outside experts can keep the models people from sfpuc are using and very critical. i strongly suggest that you look at the. thank you for your time. >> (bell ringing) thank you, caller thank you for your comments and caller i've unmuted your line you have 2 minutes. >> wallace good day i'm norma my family has been here to are for many, many years the ramaytush ohlone and we are here on ramaytush ohlone land all the creation are our recipients after years of testifying and seeing the public ignoreed i'm

tired my heart bleeds for ukraine and afghanistan where water didn't flow there pips i own my chinese family home and i plan carefully and budget federal fundingly the house so old a plumber replaced the pipes yesterday and sfpuc planned a three hundred percent in there's not for pipes buses water can flow feel free in an unprecedented one in 25 thousand year projections by the department of finance in expected a positive recommendation growth the plan three hundred percent rate increased is untenable for fixed seniors that's me. instead of relying on the staff please, please (bell ringing) take that as many intelligent and concerned citizens and

groups who have been paying attention researching and task force and being ignored and scientists conservation care i beg you to invite them into the conversation welcome to the sfpuc and thank you for your service. >> thank you caller is there anyone from the public who would like to comment callers i'm unmuting your line i have 2 minutes thank you good afternoon honorable commissioners my name is wayne i'm a resident of san francisco. speaking today ann as an organizer on behalf of of the sierra club and like to welcome you to the commissioners commissioner arce and commissioner jamdar and commissioner leveroni this team has an ability to create financial substantially and i'm certainly excited to achieve

those goals and one of the most important things to protect the health and presenting grew up in the delta. and it has been difficult and sad more than the communities doesn't make sense. on a difficulty for clean air and water one of the best way to support the difficulty uphold the plan and the plan is essential to keeping water flowing in the delta as a transparent and public input upgrading will - and in contract with the native americans tribes and this is all to say i look forward to working with the

commission and commissioner vergara (bell ringing) on solutions that protect and the support this this is including public comment and for the goals of sfpuc but i'm sure we can create solutions and thank you for your time and consideration and your service. >> thank you caller thank you for your comments caller i've unmuted your line you have 2 minutes. >> caller are you still there? >> >> commission secretary, no callers wish to be recognized. >> thank you. >> thank you for the comments. >> will you call the next item 6 >> 6. report of the general manager (discussion only) a) wastewater capital programs quarterly report. >> thank you, madam secretary.. item 5 a wastewater capital program for the plan and betsy will be presenting.

>> good afternoon commissioner stacy and commissioners my name is betsy i'm the wastewater capital program director today, i'm presenting to our q four wastewater capital program report covering april 2024 to june 24th and normally presenting towards the end of september but we're here this is report it has been made available to the commissioners and generally, we would present this report and have a high-level summary and welcome this is the cover page a photo of looking at inside the vaufrts and you'll see pictures of john and the scale of one of the

degestures so along with the normal update we want to highlight the projects on the far left it is a the southeast project and this project is currently 2.3 per complete compared to under 70 percent in the last quarter? the installation of a substation that serves one of our culmination buildings in the southeast plant. and in the middle is um, one of the contracts projects um, called the channel project that is a photo of some of the workers installing the foundations 2023 intersection of caesar chavez street in san francisco say this is a critical project for us to

shore up our critical - carries the majority of flows on the by way of the city last but not least is our facility distribution system upgrade this is a photo of our folks getting some training on the testing of the system. and as you can see here the completion contradiction completion date of the projects. this phase one project we are holding instead 70 projects valued at $4.4 million the blue text between the left and the right slide is the changes since the last quarter the the delta, if you will, between march and adjoin of 2024 as you can see overview complete a little bit

overall than the last quarter. one project moved from the completion to close out to the completion phase and one from the design to the completion phase between the quarters. and no chances for the other projects. and here is a cost summary of sources improvements program. and both in the sfpuc stage one and the ssi p makes up the projects within the system improvement program and as you can see, we show the the expenditures to date the costs variance between the forecast and the approved and the last column the cost various between march quarter and the june quarter a reference from the top left where this information is

shown in the quarter report as well. um, so typically we focus on the last column that shows in chance between the um, march quarter and the current quarter in the program. this is a similar slide on the second piece of quarterly report a facility infrastructure program within the um, wastewater capital programs and again, you see expenditures current approved and forecast biggest and the last column has been no change between the march and june forecast budget in the program and um, sorry for the small text this is a slide we want to show you some of the milestones change on various projects within the program we have a project that has

milestones as you can see 4 projects achieve that are for 55 and 65 and 95 and one hundred there projects in the procurement phases and advertisement into awarded contract and last but not least the projects are in the construction phase. the photos on the right you highlight one of the projects in design in the green infrastructure projects on the top and also on the become a renderings how we would envision the project looks like in completion this is in the mclaren park area of san francisco. um, we also highlight two of the major investments that we have been making at the south park the by the facility project as you can see progress update here this strongly in the

peak of construction compare the photos to this one and the cover one so the cover and the side is one of these digester tanks and placing covers over the tank a milling and overall this project is at about 71 percent in construction politician is 53 again peaking in construction and lots of activity and another major change in bullet 5 the project we have now moved from a partnership into the design for the city approach for this project will be a sub project within the e f d and later on with the project manager and very exciting progress. last but

not least is our facility project this has been a very exciting challenging frontage for us, we are actually testing the facility right now the flow is running smooth is there the head works and have a long testing phase and want to make sure that everything will work and that we will be able to transfer this assets surprisingly to the wastewater enterprise and maintenance. and so, you know, crossing our fingers we're hoping to achieve close session in 25 and progress and information south lake actually have i say photos inside of facility for you well. >> so with that, i'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> on the quarterly report you commissioners questions or comments?

>> commissioner arce thank you, thanks commissioner stacy i want to remark to the general manager and the team remarkable i think for a lot of us who remember the early days and the planning and community workshops and conversation to move the project move forward, you know, 14 or 16 or 18 years ago seeing the numbers closing on 70 percent and is terrific work and response and the inclusion from the local hiring perspective participation for local folks is on oh, the charts at local contractors talking about this is a great opportunity to work with the agencies just yet another reason the sfpuc sets the national standard not just the water and power and wastewater agency but the judge

above and beyond the environmental consciousness that inclusion the work i know it startles with the general manager and this great agency and remark that it is incredible to see that at that point. >> thank you very much. the project team will have - be happy to hear the feedback you no since the last quarter but all kinds of complicated and immense projects going on it is exciting to see the progress thank you for your report and we'd like to take public comment right now ms. >> remove callers please raise your hand any members of the public who wish to provide comment on this item. >> commissioners. as one of the commissioners stated, a long

time ago 2016 the community to attend a lot of the workshops and we had a good person in karen who come to the communities and timelines and give us a presentation. that has not happened. so you have a presentation here 5 projects and i doubt each one of you commissioners are go deep into this project when it comes to carrier jobs. so a task force was created early on and we don't have that report. i'm

asking the commissioners to read the con tones of that so you know so how much process is made to carrier jobs. now, when we look at the bay view (bell ringing) all this work is going on, even now as the stink in the year 2024 the stifrn that goes far and wide. commissioners, i challenge you to look at the budget. (bell ringing) what what the budget when it

started and what it is now. thank you very much. (bell ringing) any other members of the public who wish to speak if so approach the podium. >> moderator any members of the public with their hands raised. >> >> commission secretary, no callers wish to be recognized. >> thank you. >> thank you. at the madam secretary before exclude my report first of all, commissioners, i wanted to welcome you on behalf of the staff as the role of commissioners and we're excited to have you all on board and looking forward to provide the oversight and to give you the information to hold us to the highest standard and feel compelled to point out as to get on the right foot mr. moyer

referenced to made references to speeches were passed in 2017 and 1st and asking you to direct staff for certain actions as your war under the charter there are ways to direct the department to respond to our inquiries and general manager i'll prioritize the information you, you um, need and we'll get you what you need to make sure you fulfill your responsibilities an oversight we want to make sure you understand the staff will be responsive but feedback to direct staff to individually not just the appropriate way and frankly, i went back and looked at the resolution it passed in 2017 and 2018 and in my view i don't know how they got to that point but eir i went the sfraishth on the

issue in terms of biology goals the staff has been looking those and the resolutions were passed in the process we did more statewide coordinating approach to deal with the delta water we we are with the irrigation district working closely to make sure we are corresponding and working on bio locals and state is working in a process some of which protected by the 25 privilege we've not gotten to that time but viewer shiver we make sure the bio locals are taken very, very seriously and that is important i don't usually do this but make sure the staff is called other for

not doing something they're doing diligently with that, happy to have you on board and look forward to working with i and any information or work with us and we'll make sure you get that to do our jobs we're excited to have you on board thank you. thank you. >> will you call the next item. oh, sorry we didn't get testimony. >> any members of the public wish to provide public comment on this item? >> you know, what i want to say speaker does a good job. and very fortunate that we have a person that that would can address certain um, issues that have the staff i thank you,

peter didn't mean that the staff was challenge on to itself everything goes through the chain of command and a guide and i've been an army guide we know how that works and we bring it to others ears of the chain of command so we need to follow what we had said and had really good workshops and then agreed to southern things resolutions or whatever have been very slow in execution. and i understand the difficulties. for example,

now there was oobtd of salmonellas one time in the millions and then in the thousand and this year 84 to 5 (bell ringing) . >> thank you. >> who will speak for the salmon? >> so you heard one of the ramaytush ohlone say that they were here for a long time 20 thousand years. it is under the jurisdictions of sfpuc. does the dna for the ramaytush ohlone going back 2 thousand years. thank you very much. (bell ringing) . thank you. >> hi, i'm dave warner and want to thank herrera for responding i know that he's been asking for this a long time and

very good step forward i highlight the timeframe in the resolution to the first time we've seen a response is measures in years. um, i also will say i've not heard about the biological goals i recommended a resolution can you guys do resolutions that were talked about and can be an expectation we certainly had no clue and again, appreciate general manager herrera saying but more frequent and more transparent. thank you. >> thank you. >> any other members of the public wish to speak? >> seeing none, moderator. >> seeing none. moderator, any callers with their hand raised? >> >> commission secretary, one caller that wishes to be

recognized. >> thank you go ahead. >> caller you are unmuted have 2 minutes. >> caller? >> no. >> commission secretary, no callers wish to be recognized. >> thank you for the public comment. >> now will you call the next item, please. >> >> 7. bay area water supply and conservation agency report. >> welcome. >> well, thank you very much commissioner stacy. >> good afternoon, commissioners my name is nicole i'm the chief for the water apply and conservation area that is the state organization city that represents the wholesale consumers and most of water suppliers in the regional system they are in deliver water to one

.8 businesses. and san mateo and santa clara and including most of silicon valley the sfpuc largest consumer purchases two-thirds of the water your system delivers and in turn pays two-thirds to pay for the system each year and the sfpuc estimated called the wholesale will be 3 hundreds and $32 million in fiscal year this important relationship between san francisco and it's wholesale customers is requirements and contract i can't tell obligations set by this commission and engages to represent they're customers in regional supply has additional

water conservation and cycler and making sure the repair of this critical water system they rely on so today marks a day of many changes for the commissioner first commissioner stacy like to congratulate on many years of working together i know you'll do an excellent job in important decisions into next year and commissioner jamdar and commissioner leveroni, and commissioner arce congratulations on your new role and we look forward to working with you an important matters for the regional water system and the waters supplies we all rely on and lastly, i mentioned to this commission if you're new my time was coming to a close at the end of november they've selected the new ceo and i'd like to invite him up to

introduce himself tom. >> thanks nicole and good afternoon commissioners. and general manager herrera my name is tom cfo of basilica i've worked in the water utility and worked the last 27 years known as cal water? the largest wholesale customer of the california regional system as the chief financial officer i paid played a key roll in ramping i think the capital investments we can maintain reliability quality and resilience well into the future. and i understand that the sfpuc and the regional water system have done the same over 20 years and investment in meeting

reliability and quality i look forward to working with the commission and your staff to continue tackling with the one .8 million commissioners on behalf of the 26 member i'll stay focused on the reliable supply of high quality water at a fair price thank you, i'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> welcome to the job we look forward to working but and we'll hear one more report if a you before you retire great. thank you. >> commissioners any questions or comments? >> do we have any public comments? >> remove capillaries raise your hand if you wish to provide

comments. >> remote callers? >> seeing none. >> seeing none. moderator, any callers with their hand raised? >> commission secretary, one caller that wishes to be recognized. >> caller your line is unmute you have 2 minutes. >> it is peter actually intend to comment on item 6 i was the one in the queue but would it be okay if i made that comment now? >> yes. >>. thank you very much. >> um, peter first of all, i appreciate um, mr. hernandez are is willing to engage that is a good first step the history has been made i felt for the public records documents and correspondence related to the adaptive management i was denied

because of attorney/client privilege the third time since dennis herrera took office and none were legitimate first about raps i took it to the should task force and had a decision directing the sfpuc to provide data and calculations never happens and in the brief space i filed a request with the irrigation both of them reported i had over one hundred documents not one mentioned in any way about biological poles and adaptive management and a package for phase two of the bay delta plan with the sacramento river. and this is a big package and the briefing is standing this is for the reservoir let's

have work shop on this issue. we have 7 great workshops we were alluded to be speakers the m go have not been able to present we thought we were heard nothing came of it is disappointed us let's have a yip and presents and bring an expert and make an toed decision i heard if dennis herrera i don't agree with that. maybe i'm right or wrong but i need to hear from all the players here. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> thank you, caller. >> no callers in the queue. >> thank you. >> will you call the next next item, please.

>> consent calendar a through ah. >> commissioners any questions or comments on is consent calendar items? [off mic.] >> h i think that was. is that. >> can you turn (bell ringing) >> and just that was just replacing the same company? >> that just maybe change from the - wood arrested consulting engineers to wood arrested and current, inc.. >> good afternoon commissioners my name is - and i'm from the wastewater enterprise and, yes we are this is an innovation agreement we're

transferring from the joint you venture the wood arrested to transfer the contract. >> any other questions or comments? and had a couple of brief comments on 8 a i wanted to thank staff for working on (coughing) what was a complicated negotiation for the childcare center and sounds like you have achieved a mutely agreeable solution. >> real estate director and emily rogers for the southwest

community center thank you, complicated negotiation but was extremely helpful and partnered with the childhood and health guidance we appreciate the relationship thank you. thank you. >> . thank you very much for continuing to support the southeast and congratulations for joining this agency and a pleasure to work with the real estate services to develop plans in the best interest of the community we can achieve the impact we achieve i appreciate your support. >> child persons is important and critical part of that. thank you. >> i just when i was reading item 8 a and 8 e sorry sorry i had a moment of the counter

intuitive but please buying the power to sell in the city and i understand that we are in the market we are treating pillaging like any other market participants and more clean power we can purchase and encourage the better off we are it took me a moment. thank you. >> can we call public comment on the consent calendar. >> members of the public please raise your hand anyone wishing to provide public comment on this item? >> seeing none. >> seeing none. moderator, any callers with their hand raised? >> . >> commission secretary, no callers wish to be recognized.. thank you. >> thank you. could you get a motion and a second to approve

the consent calendar items? >> thank you roll call. >> commissioner stacy, aye. >> commissioner arce, aye. >> commissioner jamdar, aye. >> commissioner leveroni, aye. >> motion passes. could you read the within the approved contingency amount, for a final contract amount of $18,206,751, and increasing the contract duration by 236 consecutive - >> good afternoon commissioners project manager for the west side the agenda item requesting our approval to accept work by jmb construction under contract w d west side pump station and reservoir approve the final modification and authorize the final payment

to the contractor. the cost modification is within the approved cost contingency. the increase in contract duration of 200 and 36 days is duration contingency of 200 and 5 days and additional 31 days this final modification addresses side complex of work associated with the pg&e power service to the facility and time to finalize close out adoption happy to take our questions on this item. >> thank you. >> commissioners any questions or comments? >> could we have public comment please. remove callers please raise your hand for item 9 for comment. >> humility of hi, i'm gloria

welcome it everyone who decides to be on this commission my concern joining the commission to be continuing business as usual or if you joined it to um, fix some problems that the puc has that may 25th - june 15, 2018, and related to the projects i'll be concerned about what is being community benefits which is now caused a social impact program we want to know more about that when discussing the programs and perhaps in the future change it from unrestricted funds. thank you. >> . thank you. >> in any other members of the public who wish to speak now? >> >> seeing none. moderator, any callers with their hand raised? >> commission secretary, no callers wish to be recognized..

thank you. >> thank you. could i get and motion and second to approve item 9 please? >> second. >> thank you. >> roll call vote. >> commissioner stacy, aye. >> commissioner arce, aye. >> commissioner jamdar, aye. >> commissioner leveroni as motion passes. >> could you please read the laboratory through december 31, 2034, with estimated revenue of $66,436,590, subject to board of supervisors approval under san francisco charter section 9.118 - >> good afternoon. i'm the manager and the item before you is the new 10 year water service with the the united states

department of energy we've been spilling to the lab since 1960 from the the united states department of energy for a manual renewal which they did until 2014 the the united states department of energy asked for a new contract that was executed in 2015 that runs through december of this year. this new contract will be for 10 years from january of 25 to december of 2034 the estimated revenue is approximately, six 6 millions over the 10 year period. with that, take any questions you may have. >> commissioners any questions or comments? >> i did have a couple of questions conflicting may not be precise or germane to the contract i wondered about those

water conservation efforts and what happens in a drought situation? it looks like the estimated water use remains constant over the 10 year period i wondered whether little kvmentd have programs on site might change the numbers and all i assume up and down a little bit each year and yep commissioner stacy that's a great question. i did reach out to the lab and asked the question. so they or regularly evaluating water efficient measures one of the things they mentioned it me have's campuses with all using low water use from the fixtures and also um, proposed and also receive funding for a cooling tougher

replacement project which is it is projected to save 6 million gallons of water a year once they've received funding will proceed and proposing and waiting for funding is a water project on site that is expected to produce a saving of 35 million gallons and year and wade for the funding. >> thank you. >> and i noticed in the contract that it does mention in the case of drought they would seek alternative water sources the district of columbia will seek alternative water sources i didn't see it spefks but imagine in the puc has measures on non-residential consumers will apply to the mountain tunnel

improvements project tdms. >> that's corrections as the non-residential retail customers whatever this commission called for a water emergency and got to get the name correct whenever the commission declares a water shortage water or a shortage allocation plan the lawrence livermore national laboratory is a none residential consumer is subject to the same call for the reduction. whether there is a drought. >> can we take public comment on this please. arrangement callers please raise your hand for item 10. any members of the public present who wish to present on this item

>> seeing none. moderator, any callers with their hand raised? >>. >> commission secretary, no callers wish to be recognized.. thank you. >> thank you. could i get motion and second to approve item 10 please. second. >> thank you. >> roll call vote, please and commissioner stacy, aye. >> commissioner arce, aye. >> commissioner jamdar, aye. >> commissioner leveroni motion passes. >> thank you and could you please please read the next item. >> 11. approve amendment no. 3 to contract no. pro.0096, mountain tunnel improvements project construction management services, with aecom technical services inc., increasing the contract amount by $9,500,000 and extending the contract duration by five months, for a total not-to-exceed contract amount of $34,000,000 and a total contract duration of eight years and five months, to continue providing specialized construction management services for the mountain tunnel improvements project, subject to board of supervisors approval under charter section 9.118. >>

good afternoon, commissioners. and dennis herrera i'm the regional construction manager for the hetch hetchy improvement project projecting that is next slide, please. today, i'm here to request the approval of the amendment for the united states department of energy and increase the time duration by 6 memos for a total in an amount not-to-exceed contract of $34 million and duration of 8 years to provide specialized construction for the mountain tunnel project and this amendment about provide funding for construction management for the construction phase as well as for project close out and the additional time to make sure there is adequate time for the project. >> like to provide is a quick overview of the project and

many. >> this is an overview of hetch hetchy regional water system shown in the approximate location and the water system is 2.8 million residents and businesses for 4 counties and janitors over 1 hundred 6 billion energy and the mountain tunnel is 19 miles long and important component of the hetch hetchy and constructed 90 years ago and will be rehabilitated on the contract. >> this slide shows the close up of the tunnel the 19 component of that and starting at reservoir that is the facility is constructed that includes one hundred and fifty deep shaft diameter at the bottom is bypass pipes with

additional valve that controls the flow and concludes to assess the tunnel inside for approximately 10 miles a structural repair is conducted during the outages to increase the light duration of tunnel. this slide shows some general milestones for the construction project. is construction was in january of 20 and 21 and 5 outages were scheduled to perform work during the system outages and we completed 3 of the 5 and for those others to be one hundred days long. >> the project is still

anticipated to be completed in the final quarters of 2026 and this slide right here shows the some of the task oversees for pro-96, 6 task order is the one for construction and as you can see as the mentioned in the current budget was this $.5 million and will go to 34 and increased for the task order for the construction management specialities services why in the contract is asked significant increase for the need for inspection? due to multiple site locations that the contractors is working at over a 19 mile

corridors and the extended work hours with a long duration of tunnel for 24/7, 7 days a week and inspectors work telephone hour shifts like a contractor and been increased in the environmental storms in the past years and wastewater plants to treat construction water for the environment and environmental permitting permits and then additional construction and administration costs with the negotiations and other construction items as well. >> so in closing just we are seeking the approval for the pro-96 for the this is approved will seek the approval of the board of supervisors. >> so if you have any questions or i'll show a couple of photos if we could go back

the top right - left is a picture of harry old shaft and will be control values installed and the top right as you can see the repair shows the line what we're trying to repair those to increase the long gift of the tunnel and last is a photo of actually entrance like i said 1,000 feet and the bottom right is the inside of that that's the end of the report it is currently worked on any questions?. thank you. commissioners any questions or comments? >> i the the have a couple of

comments it is had a right for the 35 percent increase in the cost of the contract. having um, visited a number of the access points he early on and having it is your duty some of the facilities at the reservoir is an enormous and complicated project it is very complicated in the acceptance of the terrain and access at the many of the points i can understand how a project like this gets more complicated or requires more work and maybe around the clock work as you go so i understand the increase so thank you for the explanation. >> can we take public comment now? >> remote callers please raise

your hand if you wish to provide public comment on item 11. >> so i would say a long time ago when a company called jacobs was working on the mountain tunnel a lot of 6 money was spent. and i will say like 5 years ago trying to make a determination to spend a lot of money or to dig a new tunnel. and i would like to have some engineer add up all the experiences for this so-called upgrades and see how much money we spent on the upgrades and how

much would it have cost to go into the tunnel. >> this is what happens like a chainsaw bid low. and you give it to them. and jacobs and then they wanted more money and got more money this was not been the general manager was there. but um, we spent a lot of money like because we're not vigilant and to spend it because we don't have (bell ringing) or don't allow the engineers to do a need assessment. you see? millions of dollars and adds up adds up to billion dollars. and so you commissioners the new

ones um, go leery of this contractors ask them some questions and save the taxpayers (bell ringing) . thank you. >> thank you. um, comes to any attention how san francisco's got a lot of corruption in the news. and me being a member of the citizen oversight board for the school district we have contractors that always under bid like previous speaker said and come back for the change order that is a gross amount. um, when it comes to this

millennium i didn't hear my mention of the community benefits or social impacts money. because like commissioner stacy said this is a a lot of - terrain rough terrain and what not a lot of moving equipment how that effects the communities. and i'm not sure this contractor is doing community or rather social impacts not mandatory we know people are allowed to just say i'm doing social impact programs and give money to the organizations with no restrictions and they don't have to report what they use the money for and since they don't have to show data any delicious deliverables to the community and why i get this approved one concern raise no questions asked

and can get $34 million or no $9 million i don't know but the money that is flowing with no accountability no-go overlooked no expertise the community that oversights this committee promised us a meeting in april has not been done yet so pleases (bell ringing) (unintelligible). >> thank you. >> thank you. >> good afternoon nicole cfo and many of you might know we've been a strong supporter which is the interim repair the why of repairing the tip line over months or multiple years to make sure that it a continue to operate is a single line conduit

bringing the hetch hetchy watering into the service area wisp we are a strong critic and had the honor of going to helping to speak to one of the contractors on the added or the discharge pipings from the dam and speaking to one of the contractors the was telling me b about programs we're participated that was that concludes my report. the local unions and to get a job get off the streets and has an eminent job a heartening story. thank you. >> any other members of the public present like to speak.

>> seeing none, students can i get motion and second to approve this item. >> so moved. >> roll call, please. >> commissioner stacy, aye. >> commissioner arce, aye. >> commissioner jamdar, aye. >> commissioner leveroni motion passes. >> thank you. >> please read the next item >> please read the next item ms. lennar. >> >> 12. authorize the general manager to seek approval from the board of supervisors to extend and increase the delegation of authority under section 21.43 of the administrative code to execute power supply contracts: a) with terms in excess of 10 years or requiring expenditures of $10 million or more subject to an annual expenditure limit of $300 million per year; and b) with anticipated revenue in excess of $1 million or more subject to an annual revenue limit of $300 million per year, from july 1, 2025 to june 30, 2030. >> good afternoon commissioner stacy and commissioners. my name

is juvenile probation department laya i say director of the power supply for the power enterprise. today we're asking you to authorize the general manager to seek boards supervisor approval to increase the delegation of the authority of administrative code for the sale of electricity and related products and section allows us to acquire the energy supplies in the highly competitive market that provide power supply to customers at hetch hetchy the city full service power utilities and clean power sf for the cac program and in total two programs supplied more 75 percent of electricity consumed in san francisco to provide clean energy to our rate powers hetch hetchy and the clean power

sf purchase and sale in the wholesale electrical market the wholesale trlth market are dynamic and changes change for available supply and demand and international fuel and state and registry requirement and other factors. both hetch hetchy power and clean power sf my follow the policies established by the city and comply with state law and federal laws and market rules this includes requirements energy storage and reservoirs adequacy to contribute to statewide reliability and at as cca clean sf is meeting procurement under the state law and the san francisco public

utilities commission regulation. the power enterprise is a unique market position basis both hetch hetchy power and clean power sf directly competes with the many retail providers in california. to acquire our suppliers of electricity and electricity related products in addition both hetch hetchy power and clean power sf compete for retail consumers with the gas and electrical and private power allowed to supply large commercial consumers in the california direct access program. this competitiveness environment in the retail and heathens at a commercial space to maintain the electricity rates competitive and affordable the power enterprise is regular continuance procurement to meet the registry requirement secure the best prices and terms keep

rates affordable and competitive to fulfill the goals for a carbon free future and support for equity to one hundred of renewal energy. we are often negotiating short and medium and long term contracts for energy related products with multiple supervisors in an exceeded timeframe with the deadlines and commercial exceptions the commission as the board of supervisors recognizes to operate a commercial pace required in the competitive power market. and approve the use of a prop aa and conditioning author is general manager to execute this power of contract in 2021 the board of supervisors adapted ordinance number 176-22 created section

2143 of the administrative code and this authorizes the prop aa agreement with city contracts requirements that are unusual in the power industry and delegates the authority in excess of pretty much of $10 million or more and sell contracts with the revenues of one million dollars or more and section 2143 limits the puc use of the delegated councilmember chahal to contracts don't excited 25 years in duration and limits the purchase authority to totals expenditures of one-on-$1200 million a year and revenues of $20 million a year and section 2143 delegates to the general manager to execute the purchase agreements for products when provisions and since is adoption section 2143

is extremely important for the power resources that needs to supply affordable and compliant clean - unless extended by the mayor section 2, 3, 4 that will sunsets will help us compete as a commercial pace we are seeking to extend the did he give gated authority increase in newly june 30th and proposing to increase the expenditure for the purchase contacts executed under the delegated to $300 million since the section was 2k0u79dz electricity prices have increased driving up the costs they're due to procurement odors by the state regulators from the

supply chains and delay permitting, and um, delay permitting and interconnections the expenditure limit within our approved power purchase budget and 10 year projections which serves as the guardrail for the 2143 and seeking to have a maximum xultd under the delegation - delegated for the related products anticipated revenue of in excess from 20 to $030 million a year this change makes the authority consistent and finally i'm sorry increasing the mainly revenue for sale to the sections 2143 allows is enterprise to open its the portfolios for the states regulars and secure the value

for the rate payers and finally, to ask you to enter into the binding arbitration for parties not just investors rather than resource adequacy capacity and renewable standard investors and binding arbitration is better in contract and the flexibility will allow to make sure we track that for the products we need to meet the obligations, our affordability and carbon reduction under this authority the power enterprise will reports on a quarterly basing basis to the board of supervisors regarding side duration pout purchase and the cost of contractors best evidence rule into pursuant to the section that includes my prepared remarks we ask you

approve this and is general manager to seek board of supervisors approval to increase the delegations of and i'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> xhoim. >> questions or comments. >> commissioner arce. >> >> thank you for your presentation. i wanted to share kind of personal perspective how we spent a good chunk of 2007 to 2016 working on at that time segregation and became sf and to look back at the 8 plus years since the program was launched all the advocates and working with the assistant general manager barbara hale it is safe

to say has exceeded the exceptions of those early days and to look at a program now that is more affordable than pg&e that is greener than pg&e has so many opportunities in in front of us one of the keys has been to provide the general manager and his team the flelth to adapt to the rapidly changing conditions in the market and again, with some head widen we'll need more more and more flexibilities and talking about the advancements of completing the development of our own clean emergency or energy i want to say this is something i think as a commission we send a strong mergs message to the board of supervisors to grant our general manager and his team the flexibility and the authority under this a ordinance to come i think will be a great thing to

do that some of the strongest message possible to diverse the general manager and his team the authority i strongly support this. >> thank you, commissioner in any other questions or comments. >> sure (coughing) >> increasing the electricity cost is that the only reason for the - to be included. >> we're only doing the costs what we're seeing in the market-rate and that is due to the there a in the grid interconnections starting the supply chain is coming back since the covid and as you can see the renewable not just the state of california but and

seeing tariffs so we've take a look at the costs and we put together an analysis and we believe that $300 million will be what we need. >> that works for the [off mic.] increasing the demand. >> maybe the one on the left. >> all right. can you hear me? >> yeah (laughter). >> first day on the job so it is also, because of increasing electrical that is coming. >> absolutely we're starting to see a rise in demands the a slow in incline but for electrification in the demand. >> uh-huh. >> thank you. >> can we have public comment please. callers please raise your hand if you wish to provide comment

on item number 12. >> any members of the public wish to provide comment on this item. >> besides the commission we also have lahsa could; right? and this process has been a long one and i'm there has been very, very little um, um, done to the people and so - increased from 200 to $300 million. we do some

meaningful um, to the people. do the right thing that sfpuc would have many hurdles in the way early on i parents in all the commissions i was in the trenches in the end they agreed to clean energy whatever if means not a definition yet we call them stacks some are clean and some are dirty just mix it up (bell ringing) my thing that they have the and the people are a really to participate in clean energy now and in the future. thank you

very much. >> thank you. >> anyone else present who wishes to special in public comment? >> seeing none. >> seeing none. moderator, any callers with their hand raised? >> commission secretary, no callers wish to be recognized. >> thank you. >> thank you. could i get motion and second to approve item 12? >> i move to approve. >> thank you and roll call vote, please. >> commissioner stacy, aye. >> commissioner arce, aye. >> commissioner jamdar, aye. >> commissioner leveroni motion passes. >> thanks. >> please read the >> please read the next >> please read the next

>> please read the next provide beneficial use of the biogas generated from the new digesters by converting it to renewable natural gas for pipeline injection. >> good afternoon, commissioners. >> commissioner stacy and general manager and i'm danielle a senior project more manager delivering products for the waste enterprise next slide, please. oh. >> i get to do it. >> all right. >> and i'm here today to ask the commissioners to award contract design build the southeast treatment plant biogas utilization project in the amount of one hundred and $21 million plus. he a duration of 1,000 consequence for the

prop for the biosolids digester facilities project for this project. >> a quick overview of the background on this project i appreciate the director giving an overview of this 0 biogas utilization project and sub project of the biogas utilization project makes sure the gas will be produced by the did i gestures and make sure the biosolids but the biogas are constitutional had this project will do it basically upgrade the raw biogas generated the renewable nationality gas for injection into existing natural gas pipelines owned and operated

by penalizing that happens to pass at the site. this project or the approves the goals for in state production of renewal gas and in line with the city sustained and offers the highest values for the renewal fuel and provides um, a bridge for in city demands for um, yours can't be electrified. again, this project will be in the plant we collect and treat 80 percent of wastewater and storm water and the contract includes designing and permitting and krulth and starting up a functional biogas operating system the

responsibility of the design build remains with one by and will clean the law biogas into renewable caboose quality removing the impurities in the gas to produce the high pure bio mebt an has the same hidden values as natural gas the scheme of compressors that compresses the gas lines for the pipelines and we also have a theory mall objection. >> july 12th puc had a design build and september 11th the puc received one proposal. the proposal was materially responsive and the - staff

performed um, to probable and further outreach or modification of the requirements will not um, result of in a large or lower cost proposal therefore we recommend awards to the responsible proposals for the pc l construction to read again, the condition action will be to award contract design build in the amount of one hundred and $21 million plus and with a duration of 1,000 in 20 consecutive days at the southeast plant and with that, answer your questions. >> >> thank you for your

presentation. >> commissioners questions or comments. >> commissioner arce. >> >> thank you for your presentation. and i want to ask you are to the general manager to - thank you. i understand that um, one of the concerns and considerations that i learned about that particular contractor sounds like maybe have been addressed and maybe help us provide some best practices or maybe, you know, ways to look at issues like this should arise in the future with an agreement where another hats spent a lot of time would go workers and lash representatives one of the things about that agency the project labor agreement are national models i spent with the workforce development and been in other parts of the country

they're looking at barricading was the improvement project the project labor agreement and agreement is annotate model and because not just get out of p l a to make sure the projects get finished on time and budget and bring the labor partners and employers to the table and the agencies folks like the pools and the team are well-versed how to get local employment for rate payers and for local contractors to help to build and city build and training i had heard come to my attention this contractor hsa had challenges at treasure island in terms of working with the agreement and adhering to you when you hear that it is concerning you we want to make sure the workers are getting the

benefits that the wages you want to make sure that everything is in the agreement is happening so i understand there has been thought how we address it and for the fortune when in my mind includes workers and the employers with um, what we can learn about that in terms of going forward with that core project. >> i think that commissioner thank you. i think were lessons learned from "contractor out of treasure island and i'm well aware of the issues and we all mreerndz that process with the issues were easement um, in the bids documents in the bid were - put together by the contractor. and i think that those issues have been written elsewhere have

been satisfied and the lesson is learned and us in the bid documents that i'm this letter of the law will be satisfied combordz in the project that is fair characterization. >> that's; correct in outrageously proposal koifkz about some contractor selection to make sure that we are in compliance with the dba and requirements for people and local hiring. >> your team. >> i really want to compliment the team because this was an issue that was raised and i want to compliment them for getting on that and making sure they had the dialogue and the issues we learned our own lessons. >> commissioner leveroni. >> is there any - i mean 9-1-1

opportunities pg&e or xoufgz (background noise.) >> yes there is a revenue opportunity with the natural gas we've think producing but need to be carve he we exercise that biosolids is kind of the overarching project is fund with it and need to impact the criteria that goes around the bond that will violate the criteria we need to maintain. so our team now working on first prioritizing to make sure we can have the reliable gas before we entertain outside users will a make that more complex and i had a couple of questions but first

appreciate how much work has gone into getting in project going and setting it up and not only the complicated engineering but is creativity thinking. i know we go (coughing) working e worked on setting up a novel public/private partnership but didn't get any workable bids so great to think thaty grouped and back with the design build contract and this project is going forward. it feels like a really um, environmentally beneficial and useful project i have a couple of questions to make sure i understand sort of the science and is engineering how that works. if we didn't converted this gas into our example and g will be altercating is and reilly's it

into the atmosphere. >> without that project we'll be flaring not a constitutional way for opponent for an site the bay area district will permit or expect mr. mayor for a short time. >> 3. report on actions taken at previous closed session meeting, if any. when we do startup for the and mr. mayor will not be aligned with your environmental justice permitting (unintelligible). >> yeah. >> thank you. >> and your report and presentation i mentioned failed gas a remainder gas even after the biogas converts what will that tail gas be compromised of and in of the biogas the law biogas produced as 60 percent,

40 percent carbon dioxide that separates directing the pure methane into the pipeline and the co2 to the objection desires - flips through the separation process to be rallied into the atmosphere is co2 has one percent methane and less than others impurities will be released into the atmosphere. >> and the last question he had there is a pg&e facility nearby will be i noticed that pg&e also has to build an interconnection station and i did assuming hoping that pg&e will be ready when we are.

>> yes. that's the goal an important component of this project we need pg&e to connect have it ready which we're ready and it comes together nicely and the plan to have the pg&e um, design fabrication of their facilities in the design build of biogas project projecting and working well together during the planning phases. and we have one project schedule that includes to make sure that the city plan are aligned and ready to take the gas when the new sdfrts are ready to start and returning to the commissioners for the pg&e service for the back up facility in the future. >> thank you very much. >> public comment. >> remove callers please raise

your hand if i wish to provide public comment. >> any members of the public. >> thank you. >> hi. >> um, amazed this many times i stood up here and a presentation was done and no medication of any deliverables to the consultants the gases are released on any kind of funds to the community or resources also um, i'm amazed no commissioners brought it up during the discussion. their presentation clearly states recruiting and starting much in district 10 my community will be hardened by any impacts because they do testing there be risking the tests going wrong otherwise why

test? i'm also amazed that the 1 hundreds and 121 in less than three years i didn't see where that will be feasible to put out the bids wouldn't be an increase in folks but that is amount of the money is um, pretty amazing. i'm concerned about our outreach to the community specifically for this contract i know in the past the company by draining jones for outreach and been indicted this year and i'm wondering if (bell ringing) his company is used or that is the decision to do outreach going to the organizations and if there is social impact programs perhaps braerng it is time the bay area gets

deliverables has the requirements that invoices be done to somehow what payment is done are for harm and black contractors to see city attorney said didn't think about the competent for hiring black people (bell ringing) that. >> . thank you. >> commissioners i mentioned there was a task force. and you haven't read that document you have note read that document and that document the communities stated how they will like to participate in the deliberations. and you spent like millions of dollars and you adversely impact the community that a question that is asked.

through the community. what can we do to address the adverse impacts you don't give the damn. our children are dying. people are suffering from - our irrelevancy are in trailers you don't give a damn. you're like talking pg&e yeah? >> it is confusing. how you all do this thing and we're talking about making gas and we're talking mr. mayor in the year 2024. we need to for the community (bell ringing)

or, you know, we're going to have ask for qualifications screw the requests for digestion we need in the contracting sense we can for the people what the hell is happening this is bullshit. if i bring experts to tell you it is bullshit bs. thank you very much. (bell ringing) >> hi, my name is joyce in district 10 um, i'm a resident native of the district. um, in the bay area community um, i'm hearing all the yeah pg&e and all it is very convoluted and confusing how all the coming and me as a resident part of our communities are not aware and

speaking about this any plan to have this treatment. have you guys been in the neighborhoods? you guys smell that or drink our water? in my neighborhood in the building department's bayview hunters point you guys are not emphatic which is going on in the district and what is really important for us our children have died our builders have died my mother and father. my nephews and nephews it is really bad and got those experts and all those other people coming from within our community stating that all those changes and new things are men and women we're not aware of no coverage no one is telling us taxpayer and like the rest of

the community we're traded really (bell ringing) not equal parolee really bad commissioners welcome and do something. >> i think you better do something thank you. >> thank you for your comments. >> wish to provide comment? >> >> seeing none. moderator, any callers with their hand raised? >> commission secretary, no callers wish to be recognized.. thank you. >> thank you. >> commissioners no further questions or comments yes. >> just a quick question i think that maybe for a future conversation but just since the social impact program has come up i appreciate that which danielle referenced the jury panel justice and have the other

policy i think i know what the answer but with respect to the social impact partnership program image the budget when it is - and that is part of file they can look at and available to the public. >> i answer about that project the contractor we do provide you go on the biosolids website and i'll be there at the center i've been there quite a few times this past summer and make sure the information is available and easy to find. >> i support this and whenever the motion is made i'll be voting yes, but present the elements of this particular project whatever those

partnerships look at but be a way for the members of the public to sort learn more about that. >> yo dale will be presenting that and have a number of meetings. >> we did quite a bit of outreach and the published the dhr and we'd like to go tomorrow night to present that but a way to communicate and us to communicate with the community how to learn more about what we're doing and get that type of information available and we'll continue to use is biosolids because they've been in place for so long and successful in reaching the community we think we'll do that. >> yeah. >> thank you. >> oh, sure.

>> on community outreach is there does the contractor play a role in the community outreach who is responsible for the outreach is it you staff and several different um, i guess types of outreach right r&r developing a project and contract outreach when we advertise or in preparation. i'm and then the contractor has their role to the outreach for this particular best value build a lot of design was in preparation for the build again, this is - a fixed price have their team on board and have commitments they need to fulfill that take into consideration i understand. >> i'm hearing the community concerns and yeah and this seems values. >> is there a way that gets sort of. >> impact the community mean

on from an environmental perspective? >> (multiple voices.) >> that's the planning department um, environmental review and have the managers here they can help answer questions but that was exactly the purpose of the eir; right? the biosolids had a full eir was filed in 2018 or 19 go back to the planning department and the term is minor or requires on addendum the department determined we needed an addendum that is what that document did looked the impacts to the neighborhood and um, in the air; right? their ceqa thresholds for all of them that's why at the end of road to update the addendum and in the agenda item

for the purposes of our environmental impact report the ceqa is complete and the aimed filed we're continue to receive feedback to best to communicate and make sure that the community is well foods on changes to the project. >> any other questions? >> commissioners can i good cause motion and second to approve item 13 you mo. >> second. >> roll call vote, please. >> commissioner stacy, aye. >> commissioner arce, aye. >> commissioner jamdar, aye. >> commissioner leveroni, aye. >> motion passes. >> thank you. >> ms. lennar 36-inches in diameter) sewer cleaning, for a revised cost limit of up to$1,433,439, and a revised duration limit of up to730 consecutive calendar days.

>> good afternoon commissioners i'm carmen a project manager and sfpuc and we're asking for commission to approve an increase of three hundred and 85 thousand dollars for the expense for three hundred and 29 calendar days for in contract asking - the solutions which allows the contractor to have sewer cleaning in 2024 wastewater staff needed the cleaning for the osha water treatment plant not you anticipated and asking for the contingency for the contract and permit the contractor to perform the cleaning in the district. >> if you have any questions and comments please let me know. >> thank you. >> commissioners questions or

comments? >> public comment please. callers please raise your hand any members of the public present wishing to comment. >> you know, commissioners i want to ask another question. you all want to keep the public without informing them this nuisance the planning department and the changes are made and go back to the planning department this is who hoodwinking the public who in the hell goes to the planning department's in the bay area? >> you know? >> and we're talking about sewer pipes have a sewer pipe that got damage in the year of 2002 and hadn't been repairs on marin streets that is 2024

they're talking about the electricity a blackout in the bay. the the wires and the was a blackout and the sfpuc hushed. you know what i'm doing is i'm trying to see information to the future generations. and what sfpuc is doing is they're creating a - okay. this is a this is san francisco. >> i don't want to say go to the fbi. i don't want to go to the fbi and dwayne jones all the crooks encouraged them the general manager was the city attorney saw all the documents

and sent documents to the controller the young ladies who are here. i'm trying to help them to help the community (bell ringing) (bell ringing) >> my callers with their hands >> >> commission secretary, no callers wish to be recognized. >> thank you. >> thank you, commissioners no further discussion can i have motion and second to approve item 14. >> move to approve. >> thank you roll call vote, please. >> vice president nageswaran, aye. >> commissioner arce, aye. >> commissioner jamdar, aye. >> commissioner leveroni, aye. >> motion passes. >> please read the next item.

communications. >> 15. communications (information only) a through d. >> any discussion? or comments on the communications item? >> take public comment on this - okay.. thank you. >> please read the next item. >> 16. items initiated by commissioners (discussion only) >> commissioners would you like to initiative any item? >> commissioner jamdar. >> hopefully and also not been briefed so i wanted to know if we get an update on the community benefits um, for the projects at some point quarterly

or annually i'm curious about that (background noise.) >> actually i'm going to ask the assistant general manager or connie to give you brief overall how we do keep this public informed and a - hopefully will give you a flavor and happy to build on that. >> hello commissioners. so first overall on every single project when they're bid they're competitively vested and each contractor is social impacts the papering is a term of contract including the project in every project and in addition, we take extraordinary mechanisms where we have created a public

dashboard for every single contract including the coughing one and other managers of program documents every dollar and every hour by every contractor and every beneficiary we don't participate hospital on this we're not involved in that that process the dashboard presents every single recipient on this public dashboard see where this is documented geographically the types of programs schools or whether it is environment and recently an additional extraordinary stop to get rid of any intermediatey with hopes before creating a public registry any individual any public school, any public would like to participate can

call themselves in and particularly because of the real good stories told because of histories folks call themselves and i'm in bay view and x programs around jobs and xyz and then that is pubically available to every contractor to be able to see who are the potential beneficiaries and there 23 public registry can an - part of what we did to make the process transparent and affordability and every thing then reported pubically and then the managers of the program including valerie can go out to the community and get engagement i think the ultimate accountability with the contractors are responsive to what the community is asking

for. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> we'll have this on an agenda in the future. >> (multiple voices). >> we can do that if you like but madam president. i did have assistant general manager connie come up and speak should take public comment. >> yeah. >> okay. but happy in the future to schedule for - you know. >> julie very well, i know draining jones very well well. this is a problem. (coughing) over three hundred millions community benefits was spent okay. and the communities is traumatized. that money could have been spent on the children and infants and elder. now, when

you say social impact it is mickey mouse actually, i'm a contractor. and have a $20 million contract in my company i'm not not going to go to outreach. but there are people saying okay no $2 million is set aside for those, you know, a contractor is not 99 percent of the contractor are not involved no voluntary mickey mouse models under the term of social impact. why isn't social impact done over the nation and only in san francisco? >> don't try to avoid

something when you have to brethren you have to your heart has to be the the right place to do the right thing don't hoodwink the public in broad daytime the people they're not complaining we are working hard and spending my own money i have the meetings i see them and have to review everything myself and this guy's social impact social impact is a bullshit (bell ringing) . thank you. [off mic.] >> hello. >> i'm gentlemen so we are aware of the list that he's, you know, the guy's name back there and spoke earlier a concern from

the hearts and a lot of the families and community members are dying because a list we're aware we saw that list and how many millions of community funding went to so-called outreach. you know, so when you're thinking you're saying something to us, you know, as if you're trying to be pity and say we're not aware of of we're not um, being told and equating ourselves with everything to help our community have volunteers because they're no communities refunding refunding our community it is funded for those who don't live in the community to come and take from us what planning is supposed to

be do for our community what i'm saying new commissioners and old commissioners you guys know what is going on you guys know we have been neglected we have been abused by (bell ringing) so many organizations. so let's do better again we're not here to get pity. we're here to make change. >> um, i appreciate the information that i guess the assistant general manager i don't know yeah, he say we are aware that of that website anticipate the game that is being played a contractor can say in their budget we contribute to the social impact program and anyone is allowed to get on this website and part of

the social impact program the pg&e has no say so of two the contractor picks so this i can give whatever organization they have a relationship with this finance that is meant for the community and since the puc if have has nothing to do with the connecting of two there is no accountability there is no compliance, no invoices no deliverables mentioned and all looks good only paper the contractor gave it to this community and that has a cute name what they did with that we can't ask them we didn't hire them i'm using an inhauler i

have asthma my grandson has asthma he's wheezing and whatnot looks good but not working. it is not working. >> to keep giving it to the usually suspects i can bring this back to the board not my lane to do outreach not what my organization was about so is problem and we ought to bring light to it in hope so someone can sleep at night but does something to change. thank you. >> any other members of the public who wish to provide public comment? >> >> seeing none. moderator, any callers with their hand raised?

>> commission secretary, no callers wish to be recognized.. thank you. >> commissioners commissioner arce did i have something? >> thank you commissioner stacy (captioning is ending at this point due to the time limit provided for captioning)

because they thought it was in the bayview. and it is underutilized. so you, commissioners, i want to sit down with 1 or 2 of y'all, not too many and give y'all a history. i want to speak truth to power. thank you very much. thank you. are there any other

members who wish to speak? moderator. are there any members with their hand raised? miss ohlone are there are no callers in the queue? thank you. thank you. now, let's call the next item, please. the next item is item 17. public comment on matters to be addressed during closed session. remote callers, please raise your hand if you wish to provide comment on item 17. do we have any members of the public present who wish to provide comment on this item? if so, please approach the podium. moderator are there any callers with their hand raised, miss lanier? there are no callers in the queue. thank you. thank you. in order to go into closed

session, we need a motion and a second on whether to assert the attorney client privilege regarding the two matters agendized for conference with legal counsel. may i have a motion and a second? motion to say to the client. thank you. thank you. second. thank you. roll call. vote, please. president stacey. i vice president ahsha. i commissioner jamdar. commissioner leveroni. the item passes..

>> (music). >> the ferry building one of san francisco most famous that as many of 15 thousand commuters pass through that each gay. >> one of the things that one has to keep in mind regarding san francisco is how young the city we are. and nothing is

really happening here before the gold rush. there was a small spanish in the presiding and were couriers and fisherman that will come in to rest and repair their ships but at any given time three hundred people in san francisco. and then the gold rush happened. by 182948 individuals we are here to start a new life. >> by 1850 roughly 16 thousand ships in the bay and left town in search of gold leaving their ships behind so they scraped and

had the ships in the bay and corinne woods. with sand the way that san francisco was and when you look at a map of san francisco have a unique street grid and one of the thing is those streets started off in extremely long piers. but by 1875 they know they needed more so the ferry building was built and it was a long affair and the first cars turned around at the ferry building and picking up people and goods and then last night the street light cars the trams came to that area also. but by the late 1880s we needed something better than the ferry building. a bond issue was passed for $600,000. to build a

new ferry building i would say 800 thousand for a studio apartment in san francisco they thought that was a grand ferry building had a competition to hire an architecture and choose a young aspiring architect and in the long and san francisco had grand plans for this transit station. so he proposed the beautiful new building i wanted it wider, there is none tonight. than that actually is but the price of concrete quitclaim two how and was not completed and killed. but it opened a greater claim and became fully operational before 1898 and first carriages and horses for

the primary mode of transportation but market street was built up for serve tram lines and streetcars could go up to the door to embarcadero to hospitals and mission street up to nob hill and the fisherman's area. and then the earthquake hit in 190 six the ferry building collapsed the only thing had to be corrected once the facade of the tower. and 80 percent of the city would not survive the buildings collapsed the streets budges and the trams were running and buildings had to highland during the fire after the actuate tried to stop

the mask fire in the city so think of a dennis herrera devastation of a cable car they were a mess the streets were torn up and really, really wanted to have a popular sense they were on top of that but two weeks after the earthquake kind of rigged a way getting a streetcar to run not on the cable track ran electrical wires to get the streetcars to run and 2 was pretty controversial tram system wanted electrical cars but the earthquake gave them to chance to show how electrical cars and we're going to get on top this. >> take 10 years for the city to rebuild. side ferry use was

increasing for a international exhibition in 1950 and people didn't realize how much of a community center the ferry building was. it was the center for celebration. the upper level of ferry building was a gathering place. also whenever there was a war like the filipino war or world war two had a parade on market street and the ferry building would have banners and to give you an idea how central to the citywide that is what page brown wanted to to be a gathering place in that ferry building hay day the busiest translation place in the world how people got around transit and the city is

dependent on that in 1915 of an important year that was the year of our international exposition 18 million living in san francisco and that was supposedly to celebrate the open of panama differential but back in business after the earthquake and 22 different ferry boats to alamed and one had the and 80 trips a day a way of life and in 1918 san francisco was hit hard by the flu pandemic and city had mask mandates and anyone caught without a doubt a mask had a risk ever being arrested and san francisco was hit hard by the pandemic like other places and rules about masks wearing and what we're supposed to be more than two people without our

masks on i read was that on the ferry those guys wanted to smoke their pipes and taking off their masks and getting from trouble so two would be hauled away. >> the way the ferry building was originally built the lower level with the natural light was used for take it off lunge storage. the second floor was where passengers offloaded and all those people would spill out and central stairway of the building that is interesting point to talk about because such a large building one major stairway and we're talking about over 40 thousand people one of the cost measures was not

building a pedestrian bridge with the ferry building and the embarcadero on market street was actually added in and in 1918 but within 20 years to have san francisco bay the later shipbuilding port in the world and the pacific we need the iron that. as the ferry system was at the peak two bridges to reach san francisco. and automobiles were a popular item that people wanted to drive themselves around instead of the ferry as a result marin and other roots varnished. the dramatic draw in ferry usage was staggering who was using the ferry that was a novelty rather than a

transportation but the ferry line stopped one by one because everyone was getting cars and wanted to drive and cars were a big deal. take the care ferry and to san francisco and spend the day or for a saturday drive but really, really changed having the car ferry. >> when the bay bridge was built had a train that went along the lower level so that was a major stay and end up where our sales force transit center is now another way of getting into the city little by little the ferry stopped having a purpose. >> what happened in the 40 and 50's because of this downturn we were trying to find a purpose a

number of proposals for a world trade center and wanted to build it own the philly in a terrible idea objective never gotten down including one that had too tall towers a trade center in new york but a tower in between that was a part of ferry building and completely impractical. after the cars the tower administration wanted to keep americans deployed and have the infrastructure for the united states. so they had an intrastate free plan the plan for major freeway systems to go throughout san francisco. and so the developers came up with the bay bridge and worked their way

along embarcadero. the plans were to be very, very efficient for that through town he once the san francisco saw had human services agency happening 200 though people figure out city hall offender that the■ embarcadero free was dropped and we had the great free to no where. which cut us off from the ferry building and our store line and created in 1989 and gave us the opportunity to tear down the free. and that was the renaissance of ferry building. >> that land was developed for a new ferry building and whom new embarcadero how to handle

travel and needed a concept for the building didn't want- that was when a plan was developed for the liquor store. >> the san francisco ferry building has many that ups and downs and had a huge hay day dribbled adopt to almost nothing and after the earthquake had a shove of adrenaline to revise the waterfront and it moved around the bay and plans for more so think investment in the future and feel that by making a reliable ferry system once the ferry building will be there to

surface. >> >> long it was in fashion,

o'shaughnessy water system has been sustainable. in addition to providing water for the bay area, it also generates clean hydroelectric power to run city buildings and services. and more recently, some san francisco homes and businesses. >> satellite electricity is greenhouse gas free, so we see a tremendous benefit from that. we really are proud of the fact that, we've put our water to work. >> even with the system as well coon received as hetch hetchy, climate change has made the supply of water from the sierra vulnerable. and requires new thinking about where and how we use water. >> we have five hundred million gallons a day of wastewater being dumped out into san francisco bay and the ocean from the bay area alone. and that water could be recycled and should be recycled for reuse through out the bay area. >> we're looking at taking wastewater and reading it to drink watering standards. we're

also looking at our generation and looking at onsite water reuse looking at the technology and strategies we have available to us today. >> the very first recycling plant in the state of california for landscape irrigation was built in san francisco. we've just developed a new recycled water plant in the ocean side wastewater facility for irrigation purposes in golden gate park, lincoln park and the panhandle. >> a century ago, san francisco built a dam to create bunched znswer of fresh water to ensure the future and ensure the taps will flow for future generations, it will take as much vision when it reflects a fundamental change about how we think about water. >> i think we recognize there's going to be change in the future. so we're going to have to have the flexibility and the creativity to deal with that future as it's presented to us, it's a matter of how to see it

and say, okay, let's make wise use of everything we have. >> this o'shaughnessy centennial moment is made possibbbbbbbbbbbb