harry tracy is over here. actually, a major component of the system. it provides supplementary and emergency water supply to san francisco, including the city and san mateo county. the harry tracy plant -- this is an aerial view of the treatment plants. this is north, this is 280, the airport is to the west. san bruno is over here. the plant was built in 1972 and was expanded in 1988 and 1992. major improvements are currently planned to ensure that we maintain the service of our customers. this includes having driven capacity of 140 million gallons a day and having the ability to meet service demands in case of an unplanned emergency, such as an earthquake, or one other key facilities in the systems are shut down. as shown here -- i will not bore you with the details -- we will be doing a lot of improvement on almost all the components of the facility. the key point i want to highlight, the challenge of the project, we need to keep the plant operational while doing construction. the bids for the construction were received in december of last year. the

those include a harry traci water fund contract as well as calaveras county. we also had a for your project including calaveras, which was of a milestone and -- had a for your project including calaveras, which was a vague -- had 4 projects, including calaveras 3 and we completed one project. technicalities were not quite done. the total value is $2 billion total. i also want to highlight an agreement we reached confirming the standard procedure isolates segments that are acceptable. this could impact costs greatly, not only on the program but on puc operations. i will elaborate on those a little bit at the end of my presentation. i also wanted to point out one of the projects is the water supply project and two are what i consider the support project. these are cost projections that have gone up $5 million, and the schedule has been increased three months. this includes relocation of existing lines in our proposed project area. >> of $5 million increase? what caused that? >> two major issues. one is that additional work had to be done for the crossing of the

. >> item 15, discussion and possible action to approve the selection of hdr engineering, harry tracy water treatment plant long-term improvements project construction management services staff augmentation, to authorize the general manager to execute the professional services agreement with hdr engineering not to exceed $16 million with a duration of five years, subject to board of supervisors' approval. >> julie labonte, executive director. do you have questions on any specific items? president vietor: any questions or comments on this item? is there a motion to adopt item 16? i am sorry -- 15. is there a second? hough -- public comment on this item? all those in favor of adopting item 15? opposed? the motion carries. >> item 16, discussion and possible action to approve the plans and specifications of the water enterprise water system improvement program, crystal springs pipeline number to replacement project to the lowest qualified responsible bidder, ranger pipelines, to provide improvements that will add seismic reliability to the northern peninsula. >> i want to point out that

tracie, good morning. >> lynn, good morning. rejected before it's really even on the table, that top democrat senator harry reid on the senate sidehas said that next week he will introduce a plan to extend current spending for 30 days, but republicans say no can do. they insist on budget cuts. in fact, the house under speaker john boehner proposed $60 billion in cuts, which some say could lead to thousands of government workers being furlowed, losing time off the job. democrats are not serious, some say, and they have got to cut spending. there will be no extension at the current rates which they say are 24% higher than when president obama took office. ç extent the ma took office. current rates. republicans say no can do. bottom line, it's gridlock here on capitol hill. lynn. >>> tracie, thanks so much. >>> now here's a look at other stories making news early today in america. in texas, a group of bystanders came together to save a man from a fiery death, helping him escape from a car that was engulfed in flames. the driver was trapped until the group picked up the car to move it, giving him a window to escape through. he's expe

tracy smith has visited him. >> reporter: the designer behind these pricey clothes, he willy to harry arrived in this country flat broke. >> i didn't have a place to sleep. i was hungry. >> reporter: he said the hard knocks he took on his way to the top actually helped him get there. >> they see even the kick in the butt is good when you're facing the right direction. >> reporter: it's a fairy tale, after a fashion. about a man named elie, later on sunday morning. >> osgood: when they call for the envelope, please, for best actor at the academy awards next sunday, a man who plays a real-life internet tycoon will be among the finalists. harry smith will this morning, as they say, friend him. >> mr. zuckerberg, do i have your full attention some. >> no. >> reporter: his performance has facebook founder mark zuckerberg in the social network as earned actor jesse eisenberg an oscar nomination. not to mention a lot more attention from the press. >> there's something very uncomfortable about that. >> reporter: fame. >> i guess that's what it is normally referred to. >> reporter: later on sunday morning, a little face t