service as a broadcast channel for our vibrant city. you played a critical role during the pan dem and i can worked keep residents informed. adapted to changing situations that allowed our residents to engage and participate in government. thank you for 3 decades of informing and inspiring and connect the people of san francisco as the voice that >> well welcome everybody. we are crowded into the corner here. it is a lot more pleasant then it used to be, isn't it? [applause] welcome to the 9th avenue gateway of golden gate park. america's best park. in america's best park system. and the way i wanted to begin

my remarks and i'm phil against ginsberg and run your park department. mayor, i was thinking back-i'm speaking into the mic. i was speaking back to 2018 and we were in the back yard of martha and carla to inner sunset neighbors and civic champions and by the way, i will do my whole conflict of interest thing ahead of time, because i'm a neighbor so i'm really happy about this too. but we were in martha and carla's backyard and you had just become mayor and when you were supervisor you put in a few bucks for design process. thank you. you think it was my first time doing this. you put a few dollars in for design when you were supervisor, but

you came to this event in the backyard of sunset neighbor and you told well over a hundred people how important this was to you and how much you got it, and we were going to do this project. i was just sort of getting to know you as mayor and when i was thinking what kind of parks mayor is london breed going to be? it all started with this project and here is where we are today. [applause] here is where we are today. for the last six years our park system has gone through transformational change in every single neighborhood. this park has gone through transformational change. we have done gigantic projects like, our jfk initiative and india basin and some of the largest projects,

francisco reservoir, some of the largest projectss you can think of and also done neighborhood park renovations in every corner of the city, over 30 neighborhood parks and playgrounds have been renovated during your tenure. my staff prepared a list for me. there are in your tenure, 130 different park improvement projects. some big, some small. [applause] and we see it and we see it here in this neighborhood in this park. between the work and all the improvements that are amazing botanical garden, golden gate park, to incredible jfk promenade to middle lake, this park has gone through transformational change and some changes are really big and profound and some are small but very equally important. this feels to me to be one that

is maybe small, but equally important and mighty. thank you president anderson. by the way, it is also president anderson's birthday today so this might be her birthday present as well. what you find here is this is called a gateway and gateways are really important to parks, because they create and mark and celebrate the concept of place. for the inner sunset neighborhood and this community this is probably the busiest and most important entrance to the park. for this community, this change is long overdue and we thank you. before i turn it over to america's best park mayor, i want to offer a few thank you's and tell about the project. you obviously see the beautiful open plaza with enhanced lighting and granite steps and brass rails. we did this right, folks. we didn't do it on the cheap.

it is too important, we did it right. we got new signage. there is 5500 square feet of new paving. 6,000 square feet of native greenery supported by new irrigation. we relocated the muni bus shelter away from the main crossing so people can be here and congregate and feel something and feel connected to the neighborhood. it is a important project, and victory has many parents and i like to acknowledge a few in addition to our mayor. obviously our supervisor myrna melgar who has been a huge champion for parks. [applause] and safe and joyful acsess to parks. thank the inner sunset neighbors. al, you are not speaking but thank you for your leadership. martha.

susanna and but now i want to again turn it over to america's best parks mayor, london breed. [applause] >> okay phil, i'll give you that raise you always wanted. [laughter] he called me america's best parks mayor, but i grew up in this city and i remember what these parks used to look like and how i got splinters going down those slides and broken swings and all the scars i probably have on my body came from damage in our park system. [laughter] that doesn't happen anymore. well, not as much as it used to. that has a lot to do with phil ginsberg and his incredible leadership. [applause] we have a extraordinary leader, a champion who believes in parks and more importantly, he has a amazing team of

the people who work in the administrative park of rec and park, but also our gardeners, the folks who clean our parks, the park rangers, like the staff of rec and park they go above and beyond to make these spaces inviting, beautiful, clean and safe and there is no better park system in the united states of america. [applause] thank you phil. and even cats are welcome. hello kitty. you got that, hello kitty? [laughter] it is great to be in the inner sunset because i remember when martha, andrea, chris all of us did a little walk and let me start by saying, when i represent at the inner sunset this district did not ask for much. all they wanted is a nice entry

way to golden gate park, a safe intersection here and the under wiring of the utilities on the street. now, i didn't get to under wiring done, not yet, but that is myrna's job. she is going to take the helm and get it done, but what i appreciate about this community is, they have always been interested in making it better, not just for the people who live here, not just for the people who work here at ucsf and other parts of the neighborhood but those who visit here and people they meet and come to the various restaurants and businesses in the neighborhood. the folks who come to the botanical gardens and enjoy some of the best parks and open space and every decision that they made has been about allowing this area to be a place that is

safe is and inviting for everyone. it brings together our urban and gardeners and communities right in the center of our city and it brings a lot of excitement and hope. it is really great to see something go from a conversation and a conversation that involved a community process, where the people of this community help give the recommendations on the design based on their every day experiences and then the government actually listened and listened and incorporated what the community wanted into the design and then executed it and put the resources to making it a reality. this is when it all works the way it should. and it takes partnership. with rec and park, with the mayor's office and of course with the

community. so, i'm so happy to be here to know that whether you are biking, driving, rolling in your wheelchair, walking with your cane, whatever mode of transportation you choose, you'll be able to move in the system in this gateway safely and efficiently. and that's what our city has to be overall. [applause] i'm so glad to be here and see this promise made and this promise kept and how people appreciate it so much and thank you to our commissioners who are also joining us here. again, thank you to chris for putting there great benches all over the inner sunset for people to sit on. this is one of the best communities in san francisco. i know parents, you know how it is, you are not supposed to have a favorite. i'm not saying i have a favorite, i'm just saying this is one of the

best and it is always feels like home every time i come back to see all of you and to see your consistency and advocating for a better inner sunset for everyone, so thank you all so much for being here. congratulations on this wonderful project. [applause] >> thank you mayor. before i bring up our amazing supervisor , more parents to celebrate the victory, i actually want to-the mayor acknowledged our commissioners but present today is our chair and birthday girl k a t anderson, joined by [indiscernible] and sonia clark herrera. [applause] i want to acknowledge my incredible team if i can flip to the right page here. the mayor mentioned the hard working folks that get the job done every day on this project i want to

acknowledge director of capital and planning, stacey bradley. our project manager alex. our project manager capital improvement dan mower who does so much in golden gate park. and then the people who take care of it. golden gate park manager operations dave is here and his incredible team who is already caring for this beautiful space. we do these things in partnership and i want to celebrate a couple partners as well. i want to celebrate our neighbors, our wonderful neighbors at the gardens of golden gate park, sarah ryan and brendan lane, thank you very much for being here. [applause] and then public works, we do these things in partnership with our public works departmentmentf they are incredible, they are great partners and on this one, we had our project

lead nick ansell, designer [indiscernible] section manager anthony, jennifer cooper, and then our construction management team [indiscernible] and then we had team member from mta working on the traffic issue, stephanie chan. these things are not simple and why they take time and there are a lot of hands in this one. there are a new more thank yous i will shuffle through the notes to thank but i will turn it over to our supervisor and as mentioned earlier, she doesn't just love parks between supervisor melgar and our mayor, they are grabbing the reins of what san francisco could and should be with tomorrow with great wespect what it has been and what it is today and holding on to the important parts of the past. cities grow and change and evolve and

we need to think about that and two great leaders to my left think about it a lot. supervisor melgar, the mic is yours. >> thank you phil. [applause] i can have favorites. i love inner sunset. it is such a loving supportive community and i'm so proud to have worked on this along with our great american parks mayor, london breed and phil ginsberg. there are a couple things i want to expand on. it is a beautiful entrance to the park and also gateway to inner sunset. it is gateway to erving street 9th avenue corridor which is viberant and wonderful and despite the pandemic in the last 4 years, look at all the wonderful things we have achieved. mayor, hats off to you. jfk drive, the promenade, all

this transformative open space. the parklets on 9th avenue. we have been able to get through this pandemic and also come out better at it other end and that is amazing and wonderful. when life gives you lemons you make lemon aid. this is just the beginning because [indiscernible] will not let us finish here. this beautiful entrance to the park and entrance to 9th avenue and irving street corridor could be safer and we are going to work on it because it is one community and want to make sure everybody is left better and work together with rec park and mta, dpw to make sure that this community continues to thrive and adapt to the future rsh so thank you so much to the rec park commissioners for all the good work. thank you especially to andrea and martha and chris and everyone

who-susanna, i saw -all the folks who made this happen who have lobbied, advocated, worked and put all the love into the community so we can be better off today. thank you so much and we are going to keep going! alright. thank you. [applause] >> thank you supervisor melgar. i see wendy bare and ryan from the botanical garden. thank you for being here and leading our garden. [indiscernible] keeps our commission. thank you ashley. i too am a member of the inner sunset park members andrea and i want to say this neighborhood is a very joyful place and a very positive place. it is often-this is a city of

grievance and this is a neighborhood that actually gets stuff done and is very positive and it is because of the incredible leadership of the sunset park neighbors and been at it a long time. done really good stuff. the mic is yours. [applause] >> [indiscernible] you dont have to talk, you just have to stand here. thank you phil. you don't have to talk, you just have to stand here. hi, guys i will not take up much of your time. hopefully you can hear me. back in 2008, some might not have been born yet, ad hoc group of neighbors got together and merchants and began thinking about a safer more attractive entrance to one of the main golden gate park entrance.

the existing entrance has dangerous traffic conditions. i can still attest to that. as martha and i crossed the cross walk we had to hold our hand to stop a car turning right. narrow pathways, poor signage and unimpressive landscaping. we thought it could be safer and more welcoming. we called our idea, the gateway to both golden gate park and inner sunset. here is what happened next in 2008, three public meetings, a lot of community outreach, including design charrette where neighbors got to draw what they thought they wanted to see here. two public surveys, including one where neighbors on which three option they prefer. a pandemic happened. the project kind of got lost and mayor breed stepped up to carve out funding to make it continue to go

forward. we appreciate that. golden gate park is one of the world's great park and welcomes millions a year, but to us it is the park in our backyard. we walk, run, bike, skate, play, enjoy art and learn about science, dance and listen to music and enjoy the peace and tranquility of the park. we are also very lucky and grateful to walk into the park to one of san francisco's best neighborhoods, inner sunset. we shops, restaurants, tea and coffee stores, book stores and one of the last remaining magic shops. we wish all visorters local and not to take pleasure in the community and hope the new park side entrance will make it easier, but our dream is is only half way realized. all you have to do is look across the street. to realize we still got problems.

traffic problems, wiring problems, signage problems, et cetera. trash problems. with supervisor melgar's help and we have a traffic study that will be completed later this month, we can use the help and guiding us through this next phase. i want to thank inner sunset merchant association for always supporting the project including 45 businesses signing petition for it. park neighbors and neighborhood association, small but mighty. please join if you are a neighbor. and to rpd for making this happen. also shout out to public works. work for this started in 2018 and then things fell through the cracks during the pandemic and public works never let this thing die, so thank you nick and carla short and the people at public works. lastly,b i want to thank mayor

breed and phil. it is a lot of work as a civilian to figure how city hall runs and figure how to get projects done. because of the longevity of the relationships we have with london and with phil, we didn't have to resell and resell and resell this project. it was really great for us to have consistency of their leadership and i actually dont think we would be standing here now if we hadn't had it, so more power to them. thanks everybody. praerf [applause] >> alright. now comes the fun part. we'll get to cut a ribbon. if the commissioners could join and the birthday girl, i like to be--all our inner sunset park neighbors. for the birthday girl a big round of applause. [applause] there you go. and i in a manner of personal

privilege before we cut the ribbon i want to shout out mo martinez standing right there who enjoys jfk promenade every day in her chair and is my neighbor. lives two doors down from me on 18th avenue and is amazing part of this community, so thank you moe for being here. sara. , ryan. come on. sara, come join us. >> okay, everybody join in the count.

starting with 5, 4, 3, 2, 1! [cheers and applause] . >> i just feel like this is what i was born to do when i was a little kid i would make up

performances and daydream it was always performing and doing something i feel if i can't do that than i can't be me. >> i just get excited and my nickname is x usher my mom calls me i stuck out like a sore thumb for sure hey everybody i'm susan kitten on the keys from there, i working in vintage clothing and chris in the 30's and fosz and aesthetic. >> i think part of the what i did i could have put on my poa

he focus on a lot of different musical eras. >> shirley temple is created as ahsha safai the nation with happens and light heartenness shirley temple my biggest influence i love david boo and el john and may i west coast their flamboyant and show people (singing) can't be unhappy as a dr. murase and it is so fun it is a joyful instrument i learned more about music by playing the piano it was interesting the way i was brought up the youth taught me about music he picked up the a correspond that was so hard

my first performing experience happened as 3-year-old an age i did executive services and also thanks to the lord and sank in youth groups people will be powering grave over their turk i'll be playing better and better back la i worked as places where men make more money than me i was in bands i was treated as other the next thing i know i'm in grants performing for a huge protection with a few of my friends berry elect and new berry elect and can be ray was then and we kept getting invited back you are shows got better we made it to paris in 2005 a famous arc

we ended up getting a months residencey other than an island and he came to our show and started writing a script based on our troop of 6 american burr elect performs in france we were woman of all this angels and shapes and sizes and it was very exciting to be part of the a few lettering elect scene at the time he here he was bay area born and breed braces and with glossaries all of a sudden walking 9 red carpet in i walgreens pedestrian care. >> land for best director that was backpack in 2010 the french love this music i come back here

and because of film was not released in the united states nobody gave a rats ass let's say the music and berry elect and performing doesn't pay very much i definitely feel into a huge depression especially, when it ended i didn't feel kemgd to france anymore he definitely didn't feel connected to the scene i almost feel like i have to beg for tips i hey i'm from the bay area and an artist you don't make a living it changed my represent tar to appeal and the folks that are coming into the wars these days people are not listening they love the idea of having a live musician but don't really

nurture it like having a potted plant if you don't warrant it it dizzy sort of feel like a potted plant (laughter) i'm going to give san francisco one more year i've been here since 1981 born and raised in the bay area i know that is not for me i'll keep on trying and if the struggle becomes too hard i'll have to move on i don't know where that will be but i love here so so much i used to dab he will in substances i don't do that i'm sober and part of the being is an and sober and happy to be able to play music and perform and express myself if i make. >> few people happy of all ages i've gone my job so i have so stay is an i feel like the piano and music in

general with my voice together i feel really powerful and strong >> madam secretary, would you take roll? >> president stacy, here. vice president arce, here. commissioner jamdar, here. commissioner leveroni, here. you have quorum. >> thank you. before calling the first item, i like to announce that the san francisco public utilities commission we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their

responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives of the ramaytush community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. please call the first item.

>> approval of the minutes. of october 22, 2024. >> and the approval of the minutes of october 22 will be continued to the next meeting. do we need a motion for that? >> yes. >> could i have a motion and a second? >> so moved. >> second. >> thank you. >> president stacy, aye. vice president arce, aye. commissioner jamdar, aye. commissioner leveroni, aye. the item passes. >> thank you. next item. >> general public comment. members of the public may address the matters within the jurisdiction and not on today's agenda. >> i like to add that the commission values civic engagement and encourages respectful communication at the public

meeting. we ask that all public comments be made in the civil and courteous manner and that you refrain from the use of profanity. thank you. >> remote callers, please raise your hand if you wish to provide general public comment. any members present who wish to provide general public comment? the first card i have is for mrs. barbara folger. >> i'm a 52 year resident of san francisco and i averaged 60 gallons of water every day this year. that is 30 gallons less then requested and actually hopeful 90 gallons per day that is on my sfpuc bill. i use 33 percent less water then what the city thinks i'm going to use. like my water use, the sfpuc

water usage was lower then projected. in 23, 24 the water use was 184 million gallons a day. it was 25 less then the projected use of 216 billion gallons a day for 2025. yet for 2045 projections, water usage is expected to go up to 270 million gallons a day, or 244 million gallons a day depending on which numbers are used, even though your finance bureau projects water sales to be flat. in spice of lower water use, sfpuc is planning to invest billions of dollars for alternative water supply. this will triple my water bill from

$155 to $465. many residents won't be able to afford this. especially as they get older. only billion airs are able to afford the billions you are planning on investing. thank you for taking my statement. >> next i have fran >> my name is francisco decosters. let me inform the commission i have been giving public comment over 50 years and coming to these meetings and trying to get something positive from the commissioners is very very rare. at one time, 25 of us would come here to give public comment. now there are only two. peter and myself. you commissioners have a job to do and you all are not doing it.

and with a new president, you will see all the more how you will be caught red-handed not fulfilling certain obligations. whether it comes to climate change, whether it comes to the toxicity in our water, whether it comes to the carbon footprint from our buildings. none of which i address in the presentation. and when it comes to the sewer system improvement project, the ssip, we the people were told that you would get at least two presentations and we haven't got them in the last 5 years. you commissioners think you all are doing due diligence and hoodwinking us in broad daylight. i don't want to come to these

meetings really. i had a good talk with peter. i want to come to the meetings. peter said, you know, let's see how it works. let's see how it works. we have a population of 850-how many come for public comment? thank you very much. >> next we have resa schwartz. thank you. next we have scott wells. >> my nail is scott webb. here today to give a awareness on the item regarding the san francisco versus ep a.

over the last few months close to 5 # ongo signed on to letters and hundreds give public comment and hosted multiple rallies over 6 thousand e-mails and letters sent and leadership from supervisor melgar and peskin we held council resolution [indiscernible] the argument raised risk eliminating the epa and state citizen ability to implement substantial portions of the clean water act. [indiscernible] half a century that protects san francisco and the whole united states. san francisco actions put the ep a ability to protect clean water in the supreme court. the effects cab catastrophic. [indiscernible] watching supreme court hearing was rough and it looks like the incorrect assumption this is a narrow brief. today with [indiscernible] head of the epa [indiscernible]

intention said to [indiscernible] we are calling the sfpuc to help find a solution before the supreme court renders a hearing in the spring and give the administration-do not give the administration the opportunity to canning change the clean water act. our coalition love to meet with the commissioners and hope we find a solution together and work collaboratively so dont give trump the opportunity to rewrite the clean water act. thank you so much. >> do we have members of the public who wish to speak moderator? >> there are four callers with their hands raised. >> thank you. >> caller, your line is unmuted. >> dave warner, thank you for your services here to highlight a letter you received. summary thof presentation i made bay water steward meading.

bay area water stewards is made up of participants including sper, bay area council, [indiscernible] sierra club and tuolumne river trust. this letter highlights demand and financial information leading up to wholesale water rate protections 20years from now. the sfuc is self-funded organization. our key to keeping the organization solvent. the short version of the letter is all the demands supply scenarios 20 years from now are very expensive, more so when you take into consideration water supply should exceed demand projections. i need to correct one error in the letter and at the end of the letter i state the sfpuc is seeing the debt downgraded by a agency. that is wrong. what the rating agency did was

issue negative outlook for wastewater debt which isn't a downgrade. my apology for not correcting the error. i hope you take time to read the letter and consider findings. thank you. could you guys hear me okay? >> yes, we can. >> okay. thank you. >> thank you caller. caller, your line is unmuted. you have two minutes. >> thank you. good afternoon everyone. this is peter dreckmiler, tuolumne river trust. the design drought is major pont of contemption defined as, level of service objectives for water supply [indiscernible] 8 and a half year drought planning scenario, 87 to 92 fallowed by 96-97 [indiscernible]

265 million gallons per day, mgd. for years the 265mgd was treated as demand projection mptd in 2019 staff was forced to acknowledge it was just the contractual obligation. the 265 became known as obligation and staff began to include a separate assessment based on demand projections, which is off by average of 22 percent over the past 25 years. those numbers are highly inflated. regarding the two droughts that up the design drought, the first and third most severe droughts on record. the design drought is 72 percent more severe then the worst drought on record which is 87-92 and might expected once in 8 thousand years. removing one year reduce the need for expensive alternative water supplies by 25 mgd and used the failed projections whether then demand projections reduce

the need for alternative water supply by 37 mgd. these two actions combined save more then $11 billion and avoid stranded assets which is wurlth exploring. between 2020-and 22 hosted workshops such as demand projections climate change [indiscernible] did nothing. it was a huge embarrassment and those commissioners are now all gone. i will send a link to the workshop jz energ can you to review them and request your own workshop. >> thank you caller, your time expired. caller, your line is unmuted, you have two minutes. >> good afternoon. my name is mary butterwick. as a resident of san francisco i have a specific connection to tuolumne river. the source of my drinking water and responsibility to do what i can to support a ecosystem.

members of the public have repeatedly asked the commission to revisit the extremely conservative [indiscernible] the policy is particularly damaging to the river environment during dry periods. [audio cutting in and out] i urge the commission to reduce length of design drought by one year, apply reasonable demand projections based on finance bureau water projections and present the results to the public. these actions would facilitate meaningful dialogue on flows needed to restore the [indiscernible] last match the sacramento superior court ruled [indiscernible] state water board 2018 bay delta plan. now is time to insure flows in the tuolumne are consistent. stream flows [indiscernible] we already lost over 5 years of

progress implementing the flow standards. all salmon are in desperate need of flow. the proposed tuolumne river volunteer agreement cannot achieve these objectives. [indiscernible] by water agencies to avoid [cutting in and out] reasonable use of water in a over-appropriated river system that claim they can produce more fish with less water is [indiscernible] the seven workshops hosted by sfpuc provided ample evidence [indiscernible] i encourage the new commissioners to review the workshop videos. thank you. >> thank you caller. no more callers who wish to be recognized. >> thank you. >> thank you for the public comment. next item, please. >> item 5, report of the

general manager. >> madam president, i have nothing to report other then i want to report on conversation you and i had when i talked about over the next several months we will be scheduling for the commission various high level briefings on important issues the commission will be facing over the next several monthss and we are in the process getting those organized. >> thank you. item 6. >> item 6, bay area water supply and conservation agency report. >> public comment on [indiscernible] >> sure. would you like to comment? >> sure, sorry, i forgot public comment. >> the general manager said he has nothing to say accept there is a conversation with the chair and we heard it. what about the presentations

that are promised to the people but are not fulfilled? what is the role of the attorney that is here to remind y'all that when you make promises to the people that y'all don't treat them with destain. do you think it is right that you start the sewer system improvement project with a budget of $6 billion and now it is close to $12 billion and the people are kept in the dark? we need a general manager who is an engineer. and with a new mayor, i hope all is a change in what's happening with sfpuc. i'm asking you commissioners to

look into the indictments linked with the sfpuc. i'm asking you to bring to the attention of the people millions of dollars that have been wasted. million of dollars. calaveras, irvingten tunnel, mountain tunnel, force mains, replacement of clean water drinking pipes, replacement of sewer pipes. thank you very much. >> do we have other members of the public who wish to speak? moderator. >> madam president.

[no audio] >> that is generally correct, yes. >> thank you. >> thank you. item 6, bay area water supply conservation agency report. >> good afternoon president stacy, members of the commission and general manager herrera. i want to thank you for the opportunity before you to speak one last time to the commission as bosca.

i had conversations with commissioner stacy and she challenged me to think btd things. twive yours ago i was given the opportunity to work with san francisco and the stewardship of the remarkable hetch hetchy regional water system on behalf of 26 member agencies and the 1.8 million residents and businesses and counties throughout the bay area. reflecting on the past 25 years grateful for the challenges and accomplishments we shared and yet we are not done. looking ahead the system continues to face new challenges, including anticipated growth in the region, changing climate and increasing regulatory requirements that threaten the reliability of our water supply from the tuolumne river. in 2002, at urging of local elected officials and others outside san francisco, the state passed legislation that required san francisco to fix the earthquake water system. the water rate payers outside

of the city understood the fixing the system would triple the water rates and still these rate payers pressed the state and san francisco to do what was necessary to insure the system could continue to deliver water following earthquake. san francisco is not initially supportive, however, i believe today we all look a at the implement at 4.8 billion program as a successful and local rate payer investment in the water supply reliability. however, as we navigate future challenges we must adopt a more holistic approach. while tradition engineering might present a singular answer to these problems, that will not suffice moving forward. to address today's risk to reliability we must challenge ourselves to examine more possible outcomes and broader solution then ever before. whether those challenges relating to

development of alternative water supply program or the construction of necessary system upgrades is important bosca and puc work together to find solutions that recognize the needs of water users. as we did to successfully address emerging water challenges securing water useer support is paramount. this required trust and confident in the solution jz costs by foster transparency and open communication we can build trust and garner support for new investment in the water system essential to insuring water supply reliability. i'm pleased to be part of our continuing relationship have forged a stronger partnership through the implementation of collaborations on behalf of respective constituency. we have learned to balance our distinct responsibility and shared objectives. i hope future leaders will

continue to prioritize the balanced approach because i believe it is yielded positive results for water users and the system. i have been fortunate to have good working relationships with the commissioner members and i know bosca next chief executive officer will work with you and general manager herrera to build relationships that focus on results for water users. i want to express gratitude to the commission and puc staff for the honor of working with you on this remarkable water system on behalf of the 26 member agencies and customers it truly a honor and thank you very much. that concludes my planned remarks. >> thank you so much for your many years of work. you bring great perspective and expertise to your role and you've always approached it with a very collaborative spirit and i really appreciate that. >> been my pleasure. thank you. >> anyone else have-general

manager. >> thank you madam president. on behalf of the staff i want to thank you for your tremendous collaboration in the three years i have been here, but more so for the two decades more then two decades you have been involved as a true partner with the sfpuc on behalf of bosca and member agencies. a good advocate and partner and collaborator and appreciate all the great work you do and partnership you bring between our respective agencies, so thank you for your service. >> thank you very much, dennis. >> commissioner arce. >> thank you. ypt to say thank you for your many years of service and i can remember being advocate sitting in the audience on various audience seeing you up here and present on behalf of bosca, and you made it such effective advocacy

operation organization umbrella for the region and appreciate you in your statement you outlined the work done to bring the region along advocating and for and necessary investment thin water system. i think your roadmap is something for us to work with and we met your successor at the last meeting so look forward to the good work to continue. >> thank you very much for your kind comments. >> i do have a few more questions for you. i think it is really important that we learn as we go and i wonder if you have comments you alluded to the need for sort of a holistic and maybe more creative approach in the future. do you have a prognosis or advice for us for what we will see in the future or how we approach an uncertain future, especially with climate change

in mind. >> i wish i had a magic wand to give the answer, but i think we have done our best work when we started trying to examine possible scenarios. there is such great uncertainty in many areas, right from demand projections, reliability to climate change. what the investments need to be for system reliability and think doing a broad approach of looking at those scenarios and arare of planning greater then what we have done in the past in a way that helps bracket our solutions and helps better connect all us to the decisions that are being made. i think that's going to be the important thing. your next decisions are going to be significant. they will be expensive and i think it will be important that we have the trust of the water users to be supportive that. i had the opportunity last week

to speak before a utility advisory committee in palo alto and more then one commissioner how they continued to believe it was the right think and recognize the risk. that is where we need to get with next level of investment. it needs to be clear. we have to make it very clear for the customers why we are doing things and part is being open and examining all the possibilities and getting them to a comfort level and basca is here to do its part because we have a big role to play with you on that. >> i couldn't agree more and i think especially with the uncertainties of the future it will be really important to be as transparent as possible and also to really listen to all of the different effected parties. you mentioned in your comments the water system improvement program was a

real accomplishment and highlight. i think also the work that bosca has done managing drought and uncertainties has also been a real positive step forward. couldn't have been easy. >> no, not easy. those are the challenges, right? i think this commission and bosca, our obligations are to the water users and reliability singular have that job so it means we have to tackle tough things that if that want someone's job or their obligation, they might-it might be a easier answer and that is a part of the difficult challenge because at the end of the day it is to this body to your staff to bosca, the water users would come in and say, you knew there was a drought or we had reliability issues and you actually chose a different path. we have to stay focused on the

water user and obligation to the water user and droughts and reliability and inest vestments as we try to make tough decisions ahead. >> thank you so much for your role in all of it in the past and i don't know if you'll be keeping an eye on bosca or the puc but i hope we will hear from you if you advise or redirection. >> they are going to keep tabs on me, so not going too far. thank you very much. >> thank you so much and congratulations on your retirement. next item. sorry, public comment. would anybody like to comment? >> remote callers, raise your

hand if you like to provide comment on item 6. >> commissioners, i want to give you some history. the hetch hetchy valley was one of the most beautiful valleys in the world. if you read the history you read about john muir and a number other advocates. would you not want to dam the hetch hetchy valley. one of you-all your commissioners should read the rico act. when you read the rico act, find out who suffered the most when the hetch hetchy reservoir was created? the tribes. not once, not once, not once have you all commissioners paid