it is all part of hetch hetchy. the first part of the presentation, with the up country discussion, the second part is the eye and said the discussion. >> this will go back to item 7? >> yes. >> sorry. >> i always get confused by that also. up until a few years ago, hetch hetchy was really a separate organization. it has been reorganized over time. at one time it was anything on one side of new work that was considered part of the organization, this side was considered the other part. we have changed those things. the up country is supporting water and power. >> in terms of semantics, if we get confused, from a public perspective we could make it easier to understand what we are talking about. there is an issue that comes up. >> yes. and if someone has a good suggestion? [laughter] >> we wanted to cover the budget briefly on the hetch hetchy side. i do not know if you want to deal with that presentation. >> what if we deal with the questions now? commissioners? ok. let's move forward. >> ok. >> the sales presentatio

. >> are there any further questions hetch hetchy for -- for any hetch hetchy water and power? our next item is to go back to responses to budgeting for sewage. >> at this time, i will take public comment. >> i guess that would be me. just one brief item on the moccasin penstock. i am glad that that was raised. i remember, and i am sure the president will remember, in the late 1980's, early 1990's, there was a contract to do work on the moccasined penstock and it kept getting deferred because of needs to balance the capital programs. to the extent that we are finally doing work that has been deferred, this kind of relates to the overall hetch hetchy infrastructure needs. we should not defer those big items, even though they are big items, because that is what keeps the system running. it often seems easier to deal with water issues that are closer to the service area than water and power issues in the country, but that is what makes the whole thing work. i just wanted to take a moment to reference moccasined and stock and other things in the up country as not being things to de

extent that we are finally doing work that has been deferred, this kind of relates to the overall hetch hetchy infrastructure needs. we should not defer those big items, even though they are big items, because that is what keeps the system running. it often seems easier to deal with water issues that are closer to the service area than water and power issues in the country, but that is what makes the whole thing work. i just wanted to take a moment to reference moccasined and stock and other things in the up country as not being things to defer forever. hopefully with both the tower rate increase being approved, and other things that we look at in time in terms of getting too " -- getting closer to cost of service, hetch hetchy will have the resources to maintain their assets in the up country. so. >> thank you, i appreciate that, actually. we have been considering not only just asset and capital maintenance that we need to do, but these other cuts the we are facing this year, and moving forward. i would request and urged that we would be looking, really, as often as we can add reinstituting a

this is saying that operationally, within hetch hetchy water, in that example, there is a proposal to change the funding and authorization from a secretary to a management position. that would be a slight upgrade. that is regardless of the individual, whether or not that position is filled or not failed, currently, by a person. >> with respect to the same chart, those classifications contained in parentheses where the final figure on the column to the right is in red, those positions will no longer be with hetch hetchy water, and instead be substituted by the ones in the black. >> that is right. to the degree that a person is eligible to apply, what they would be applying for is a slightly higher paid jobs in this case. >> 1.4%, i would rather work with that figure. we are not bringing in any new positions in this budget. at what point do you consider that to be the baseline or what was far below what is acceptable. certainly for the public, are we running amok behind closed doors? or is this really good news that we want to share? it that we are doing things on the up and up? it is v

for hetch hetchy. we have a balanced proposed

. -- what we have at hetch hetchy. we are moving in the right direction. thank you very much. >> any additional public comment? we have a resolution in front of us. could i have a motion. >> so moved? -- so moved. >> all those in favor. opposed? the motion carries. let me suggest we take a brief five minute break and we will reconvene under the gavel of commissioner came for the budget hearing. >> i would like to call to order the continuance of the last meeting for the budget. we don't have to do roll call. mr. general manager questor >> good afternoon, commissioners. we started on january 12 with discussions on water and waste water budget. today, the focus is on hetch hetchy and we would get a combined overview on that and we can talk about the water side and take care of the low countries and other distribution efforts in terms of power. then, we thought we would go through any outstanding questions or issues from the wages -- the waste water items. we have some talking points for that and that we will go through the bureau's and business services and

hetch hetchy is one we have been working closely with. the program director is working on the quarterly report. just be responsive to her needs. we hired a project manager to work with the fire department and the cbd as well. the last major project is 525 golden gate. some of the major accomplishments we are proud of is we're working on contract initiative says we identify it initiative says we identify it on slides 20.

hetch hetchy is one we have been working closely with. the program director is working on the quarterly report. just be responsive to her needs. we hired a project manager to work with the fire department and the cbd as well. the last major project is 525 golden gate. some of the major accomplishments we are proud of is we're working on contract initiative says we identify it on slides 20. we identified contracts worth a total of $827 million. 32 professional service contract for $94 million and we are rolling out our online invoicing system to about 620 users. the other thing we are working on is the middle of your proposals and what you can do a mind to produce the paper and make it more efficient and make a level playing field. the other major accomplishment this we have been working with juliet to focus on the minor tender preparedness program. apprentice training and other programs. we have been looking for ways to promote community benefits and the way we conduct business in infrastructure. that was a quick overview. any questions?

our priorities for the next two years include hetch hetchy protection. if you have been reading the newspapers, you hear questions abound compliance and there is work to make sure we're able to respond to this questions as they come up. the sewer system improvement program -- there are things that need to get approved by you and the board of supervisors we will be working with. the issues and licensing -- a lot of pac -- a lot of activity is happening with the future of ocean beach and our infrastructure that we have been spending time with the coastal commission and other decision making bodies to do that work and we have a priority are on making movement with regard to the local ground water activities, whether it's recycled water or local groundwater in the system. communications accomplishments -- as we were putting the presentation together, i was struck by how much time we spent on crisis management whether it is around saving granny the tree or things that happen with pipelines exploding, we have an amazing team of 20 plus communications staff tha

on hetch hetchy -- commissioner moran: before you go on, slide 20, there's a footnote that i just wantto point out. this is the affordability draft? it is based on an average san francisco household income of $70,000 inflated by 3% annually. our challenge between now and the next time we deal with a budget includes recognizing that there are a lot of people in the city that do not burn $7,000, and there's a lot of them that their income is not keeping up with inflation either. while this may be a good measure of affordability in general, we still have equity issues we need to deal with as we go forward. >> our third enterprise, again very similar assumptions. i want to let you know we are very proud to bring this balanced plan to you for your review. it is the first time we have been able to bring forward a balanced longer-term plan for this enterprise. major changes from the prior year include some power bond funding. it includes additional revenues related to increases on general fund departments for power provision, and it represents a balanced and reasonable capital plan as well, s

we will do the same for whatever questions you had today for hetch hetchy water bureau. >> one question i had at the last meeting was the facilities renewal program. i was able, and staff helped me to look at some of the facilities that were subject to that plan, and i concluded from that that first of all, there is not, in the current version of that plan, anything that could be construed as gold plating. i think that there is a real range of need. that there are some facilities that are most notably in pretty bad shape. the same facilities had three very new buildings that improved shop conditions out there. my take away is that that is all work that needs to happen. but that there is a lot of discretion as to how we spend that time. as long as we address those issues in a timely way, nothing forces us to do it. if we need relief, we can take relief in that year and it can be already funded and they will be all ready to continue with improvements. from my perspective, it was good. the emphasis on the shop and the needs that are being addressed our real needs. >> any other comments? >>

. >>> san francisco suiters could decide the future of the hetch hetchy reservoir in yosemite. the examiner says the opponents will sign a measure to place on the ballot. that measure would allow -- would ask a planning process to be put into place to resore the valley to its normal state. hetch hetchy supplies san francisco with most of its drinking watt -- water. >>> happy friday to you. this is san jose, a combination of high clouds, a few low clouds still hugging the coast line at this hour. this will be the transition that we begin to see as we move into the holiday weekend. giving you a look at what's going on out there. you can see those clouds right up against the coast line. a light breeze in most cases. north bay, south bay and around sfo. we're looking at five-mile per hour breeze. 60 degrees in santa rosa, 50 in napa. most of us cooler than 24 hours ago. 54 in oakland. 53 sfo, upper 50s, low 60s. concord livermore down into san jose. increasing clouds expected for your afternoon. this ahead of a week system that is going to bring us just a little bit of drizzle. it

i did not know we named it the hetch hetchy program said that it is more consistent and because the department of the environment has a home improvement program -- [inaudible] on the staffing plan, i appreciate the updated slide and to it gets closer. i still have not fully reconciled the projected staffing level with the overall budget at the chart on page 3 which suggests 382 positions. if there is a way to throw up to all positions, whether they are direct or support so it all adds up. i would note in the last several years we consolidated and they used to be separate and all got merged. all kinds of new things -- i do think they should have some flexibility to move things around. if there are positions that are not going to be filled and just sitting there as budget numbers, those positions ought to be axed. there is a tension there but staff can work through that. finally on local 21 and contracting out as opposed to in house, where there is specialized peak workload, i support using other resources to make that happened to the extent there is an ongoing need -- to make that happen to the

four fremont families are evacuated from their homes after water gushes from the hetch-hetchy water system. >> lisa: a little hazy, not much in the way of fog. 47 in san francisco. >> terry: i'm terry mcsweeney. more than a hundred bay area food truck operators plan to hold a meeting next week to figure out a way to protect themselves from robbers. tomas ramon shows us surveillance footage of thursday's attempt that turned into a gunfight. >> reporter: this is video from a nearby camera. in the foreground, 33-year-old is sweeping up the parking lot with a family rubbing has done busy for 12 years. two men come into view. one with his arm extended is sean morris of oakland, accompanied by a 17-year-old. police say morris says give me what you got. he was shot once in the leg and returns fire. amazing both men have non-threatening wounds. >> we're not going to take this anymore. >> reporter: shelly is rising entrepreneurs. she says she doesn't condone vendors shooting back but they are being terrified being easy marks for bandits. >> they feel terrorized. >> many vendors fear this confrontat

this is the first of the hetch hetchy project where no one has come. >> one i do not have to recuse myself on. >> ok. public comment is closed. commissioner antonini: i think this is very complete and thorough. also what i thought was extremely good in this particular deir is it projects the demand after 2018. we often hear about projects that bring us to the demand of 2018 but this goes beyond which is really farsighted because of course, this is a reservoir which will be drawn upon in times of need and certainly if we have excess capacity, the collateral type pipelines and other things that it addresses are practical things and i think it is extremely well done. commissioner moore: within the family of the other girl