puc. what we did find was that the community wants more. they would like to have a stronger community partnership, and they would like puc to be more part of their community. we have developed a community benefits website, and it is to increase public input. it is an opportunity for people to learn about what we're doing as well as to provide input back to us through the online survey, and you can find that again on the sfpuc website. we have a banner there that will take you directly to the information about the community benefits program. with that, i would like to turn it over to bonita to talk about our definition of community benefits. >> good afternoon. i'm very excited to be here, and i would like to add my congratulations to the general manager, t juliet ellis, a friend of mine, and someone we hold in high esteem. i think it was a brilliant decision to uphold this position or expand its response ability to really consolidate your action, and we want to thank the commission for the commitment to developing community benefits. you have

one was around facilities and how the puc thinks about the actual facilities that we own. the architects we went into, they were talking about the recycled water project. as we talk about legal and the waste-water facility and bayview, we have talked about people being able to have tors and that kind of thing, but how we think about the facility assets that puc has. we talked quite a bit about the arts commission, and i never realized when you bring up the parts issues that previous commission meetings, about kind of why we are pursuing certain pieces of art and what the nexus is to sfpuc's priority, i did not actually realize we were supporting the arts commission financially until i sat down with you, so that, i think, is a huge asset as you think about resources that could really support the puc's vision and values. at this point, the puc does not have a connection, so now i get what you were asking because there's probably some work we could do to make those connections a little bit stronger. then, i did have a connection to -- a question about the connection to 218. a

in 1983, he moved over to the puc where they built the data center and did all the processing.ut that was the past, and now we are over at left 55 market street, and his temporary job and a commission after 40 years, so we want to thank john for the chance to serve. we will ask all of you to come up at the end. the next is cynthia clark,i7) oy 32 years. starting in 1978, again, the city's data processing group, which was a division of the controller's office, and then, the department of technology and information services. in 2004,]hó cynthia transferredo the puc and has been active in our licensing systems ever sinc, then. i appreciate that. last of days abel, probably the Ñ 't is abel, idçprobably the most recognizable person in the puc, delivering the mail and doing everything we have asked him to do. again, you can always see his happy face going from floor to floor with decorative kinds of things he would carry with him as he moved through the building, so we are saying goodbye with a sad face. if you would all like to come up and take a picture, that would be great. >> [i

we are talking about the proposed contribution from the puc. there are many other contribution partners. this is a rollup of the state and federal funding. $500 and change will bring the project to closure. we are hoping we have lots of these opportunities in the future when we have to fund protection of land. these people take a long time. as long as i have been with the puc, almost five years, this has been discussed with staff, and what role for the puc to play. that has become more clear overtime. i think is a credit to the project sponsors, and particularly the land owners and funders of this program. it took a lot of patience. this is the kind of program we want to be involved in. a lot of collaboration and very broad support from the community. i think the people here to speak for the project will cover some of that ground. long ago, as part of the 1934 agreement, the puc did provide some funding for projects like this in the area. there was a very large flood. timing is everything. as a consequence, lots of landowners came forward with p

it is exciting to work with the puc on this wonderful building. not just the micro windmill that you see here, which a lot of people thought was a model of a building. it is a micro wind turbine. one of many features. photovoltaic panels. we have a concrete frame. there is a waste water treatment -- rainwater capture, utilizing a great water for flushing the toilet, so there is a lot of great features in this building. i am wearing my pink and tied today commemorating the california academy of sciences, -- i am wearing my penguin tie today. we just love working with the department of public works. edgar is in the audience. wonderful partners. we are very excited to repeat the success we had two years ago. this is going to be in the platinum. it is going to be even better. there is going to be a monument not only for a san francisco, but the entire united states as an example of what government buildings should be and how much energy can be saved. thank you for making as part of this. [applause] >> thank you. one of the partners that has been here l

i have had some experience with the puc when i ran the combined charity campaign. puc was one of the department's contributing to the campaign. i already had some exposure. i look forward to working with all of you. it is going to be interesting. thank you. [applause] >> captainin -- in a short time with us, you have won a lot of parts of country. thank you very much. there is also an update on the incident in san bruno thursday night. the director of water supply and treatment was very involved, as long -- as well as other members of the organization. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am david briggs with the water supply treatment commission. -- treatment division. the response to last thursday's explosion by the puc staff was amazing. it was immediate and multifaceted. there was certainly a response by the fire department here and at the airport. that was very rapid and throw. puc staff or the first ones on the scene. some of us live in san bruno, 20 to 30 staff. they are our neighbor and wholesale customers. within minutes of the explosion, we knew exactly wha

the original proposal was to escalate parking -- the revenue we received from the puc annually at a 3% rate. some commissioners will -- were concerned that might not take into account the true cost escalation over the long-term 75-year proposed agreement. i went back and had a couple of conversations with the public utilities commission staff. in order to address your concerns, the proposal that i am here to speak to you about this afternoon is the following. if actual increases to the parking rates that are approved by the mta board, because they approve parking rates at all city garages, including ours, if this increases to rates that exceed 3%, the puc will cover the difference in one of two ways. one, the length of the lease would be reduced from 75 years to some shorter time, according to the amount of money, or, and i think this is the more likely probability, the puc would make a supplemental payment annually to the department for the difference between what the new rate would be and what the 3% escalated rate would be. i hope that this is a provision. i think this gives the dep

i think the communications between staff, both at the puc, myself, the city attorney, with the mayor'sice, with the stakeholders, it has been good in this process, so i think we're seeing really positive improvements in that regard. we have different opinions about the technical information. xibñiÑiÑiduring the board of gos meeting, so in the event that it does not come through the test successfully, we have a common understanding of what our next possible steps are to achieve closure. on that note, unfortu8puqe on september 8, the trans bay cable project did trip off-line during a test period. the testing ish= scheduled to resume. it was scheduled to end on september 10 and then resumed and that will conclude on october 10. they will of the other big results of the testing, and a determination will be made about whether the project is ready to bear, if you will, the reliability burden that the potrero is involved in. they would look at the termination of the process. they are, at this time, working with mirant to shorten and accelerate determination process that is in the current proj

speaking of approval, where is the puc in this long-term arrangement? they do own the property, including the golf course, and had they not been asked to be a signatory, there was not a public that was committed to allowing to the park -- allowing the park to be controlled in perpetuity. if the puc wants their land back, will they keep the contract as written? or will they find themselves in court, using taxpayer money to get out of the appeal that does not meet their long-term needs? i cannot stress this strongly enough. before we have two departments signing on. [tone] thank you. supervisor avalos: next speaker, please. >> walter ♪ fly the pga golf ball management to the moon and let me play under the stars and let it be that harding park has come along so far. in other words, please be true as i am to ♪ >> my name is richard and i am in opposition to this contract. after putting it money into harding park annually, have we not learn something? two minutes does not give me much time, but first of all the contract was originally r f q four qualification

the petition that we filed calls on the puc to modify their roles. i want to give you some background about wind it is critical 40 commission to make the changes. -- about why it is critical for the commission to make the changes. one of the key positions in the legislation states that the utilities are required to "cooperate fully" with the programs. in 2005, when the california puc was making the rules, pg&e continues to be a supporter of community choice aggregation. pg&e proposed that utilities should not be allowed to market against committee's choice aggregation programs. they should not be allowed to discourage customers from becoming customers of the program. add that time, a judge here recommended utilities are barred from marketing. the final decision did not adopt that particular provision without providing a full explanation. based on the cooperative attitude of the facilities, they did not see any need to be concerned about the cooperation. things have changed considerably. pg&e has reversed the position. you know about the various effort

speaking of approval, where is the puc in this long-term arrangement? they do own the property, including the golf course, and had they not been asked to be a signatory, there was not a public that was committed to allowing to the park -- allowing the park to be controlled in perpetuity. if the puc wants their land back, will they keep the contract as written? or will they find themselves in court, using taxpayer money to get out of the appeal that does not meet their long-term needs? i cannot stress this strongly enough.

the data collection units, that receives the meter reading frequency channel, puc, at 77 places across the city, and they are pretty innocuous looking, but they are scattered around the city. most of them are run on solar power, with a few on ac current because they are in areas where there is not access to enough sunlight to make it working very well. this one is actually on the roof on some offices. the project deployment schedule, we have been in the phase where we have been deploying about 300 to 400 meters per week. this will extend it to about 8000 units. we will then go into work in phase one. again, will be testing at the end of that phase. we will be doing even more than 2000 per week, so by april 2012, we will never replace all of the leaders in san francisco, and they will all be wired up so you can read them electronically. this map shows the distribution. the green boxes are the dcu's, scattered around the city. you can see that there was a big vote agglomeration -- a big agglomeration. and yellow areas are where we are going to go beyond the first 5000 to get the next 300

the result is that commissioner juliet ellis is the new general manager for external affairs for the puc. [applause] we were able to convince her that four to eight hours a month was not enough. welcome, and thank you very much for accepting our offer. commissioner ellis: thank you to the fellow commissioners, the staff, and the community partners. part of what makes the position so attractive is the ability to work on this more than eight hours a month. i look forward to continuing to work in this different role. >> i would like to add to the general manager -- this is brilliant. [laughter] who would have thought. it really is. i am so pleased. we are very, very fortunate. you have worked on both sides. [laughter] >> i also would like to chime in. i was in the same position, where i had heard juliet might be moving on. i was broken hearted because she has been such a great colleague and ally on these important issues. i think this is a wonderful solution and opportunity. i think we will really be able to get some amazing things done with juliet in her new role. congratulations. we are s

the priority will be given to the puc, and then it city employees, and then the next tier is the public. president crowley: in this case, we reserve space, so i would think we will look at something like this. >> as you know, there are several innovative features, and i thought it would be good as part of the update to go into a little more detail of some of these features and some of the updates, and today, i would like to tell you about the machine korea going to install at that site. -- we are going to install at that site. we are not only going to treat gray water, blackwater. i wish i could get it and the more focused. the reason i am showing you this line is just to show you the flow of water, and so, i wanted to show that this uses water that comes from showers and cooling towers, and the toilets are all treated as part of the living machine, and it is positive in the reclaimed water reservoir for use in our toilets, and then it demonstrates the rainwater harvesting for irrigation, and that is just under 30,000 gallons to store as much. we're going to have the capacity to treat u

state senator leyland yee's office tells us the list is expected to be handed over to the puc on monday at 2:00 in the afternoon. once that happens, he expects the information to be made public. live in san bruno tonight, monty francis, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, monty. >>> hundreds of people gathered in a san bruno church tonight to say good-bye to jessica morales. she was one of the four people who died in the explosion last week, three others are presumed dead. kimberly terry is here with more on that. >> jessica and her boyfriend were watching football when the explosion happened. her boyfriend tried to save her, it was too late. tonight wasn't about how she died, it was about how she lived. >> where do i start? how do i begin to say farewell, when i can't even believe you're gone? how do i say good-bye to my heart and soul. >> a tearful good-bye from the mother of jessica morales, still grappling with her daughter's sudden death. >> i had the privilege of being her mother. and although 20 years soundses like many years, it was too short. i wish for more, but what parent doesn

puc. what we did find was that the community wants more. they would like to have a stronger community partnership, and they would like puc to be more part of their community. we have developed a community benefits website, and it is to increase public input. it is an opportunity for people to learn about what we're doing as well as to provide input back to us through the online survey, and you can find that again on the sfpuc website. we have a banner there that will take you directly to the information about the community benefits program. with that, i would like to turn it over to bonita to talk about our definition of community benefits. >> good afternoon. i'm very excited to be here, and i would like to add my congratulations to the general manager