i'm jason foster. i like to call attention want to performance audit of the puc committee published by the san francisco budget and legislative analyst on december 20th. in that you know there are a number of findings related procurement. contract management and general accountability and maintenance of what we procure. the simple toms articulated there under lying the 7 issues, are related to under staffing and poor supported staff. what we see is we see the inability to keep up with the rate of delivery and the complexity to deliver against the complex capitol projects. >> in the budget that will be talked about we have a 14% personnel expense. many of the consent items on the agenda today demonstrate symptoms of this problem. please support the staff the puc committee with additional staff and better tools to deliver for all of san francisco. >> thank you. madam -- i'm sorry. i will wait. just -- i'm happy to take public comment later i think for the commission's etification i like to comment on two

my name is jason foster. i'm calling him from the of richmond. >> i'd like to say thank you to mr. ritchie and general manager herrera for summarizing the planning priorities and considerations clearly this is a public service. >> there are several excuse me there's a bit of an echo that there are several commendable priorities for high water quality, high reliability, accommodating growth and mitigating the risks of curtailments, climate change, etc.. >> however, what is completely missing from the planning priorities it's not included in the smart operations is managing costs. >> managing cost is a priority for those who rely on the water today. so have utilities manage to matter to the general public to wholesale customers, to others that are referenced in the planning overview? i ask the puc mandate to actions associated with planning and managing costs to planning priorities and require consensus from stakeholder views on planning assumptions and the impact of planning options on rates targets for cost management offset biases that can lead that that can lead to an overbloated