matters hereunder constitute a consent calendar, are considered to be routine by the san francisco public utilities commission and will be acted upon by a single vote of the commission. there will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the commission or the public so requests. ?iepb a, approve the plans and specifications and award contract no. hh-986, 2017 mountain tunnel interim repairs in the amount of $4,960,260 to the lowest qualified responsible and responsive bidder, sierra mountain construction. b, approve the plans and specifications and award contract no. wd-2760, 12 ifrpk and 8 inch ductile iron water main replacement, in the amount of $4,822,740 to the lowest qualified responsible and responsive bidder, m herpb dez construction. county of alameda community develop. agency with an initial term of 3 years and not to exceed 75,000. >> thank you. i would like to remove item 9e from the consent calendar if there is no objection. hearing none we will take that item up after we get a motion on the consent calendar. is there a motion to move the consent calendar? >> so move

matters hereunder constitute a consent calendar, are considered to be routine by the san francisco public utilities commission and will be acted upon by a single vote of the commission. there will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the commission or the public so requests. ?iepb a, approve the plans and specifications and award contract no. hh-986, 2017 mountain tunnel interim repairs in the amount of $4,960,260 to the lowest qualified responsible and responsive bidder, sierra mountain construction. b, approve the plans and specifications and award contract no. wd-2760, 12 ifrpk and 8 inch ductile iron water main replacement, in the amount of $4,822,740 to the lowest qualified responsible and responsive bidder, m herpb dez construction. county of alameda community develop. agency with an initial term of 3 years and not to exceed 75,000. >> thank you. i would like to remove item 9e from the consent calendar if there is no objection. hearing none we will take that item up after we get a motion on the consent calendar. is there a motion to move the consent calendar? >> so move

listed hereunder constitute a consent calendar, are considered to be routine by the san francisco public utilities commission, and will be acted upon by a single vote of the commission. there will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the commission or the public so requests, in which event the matter will be removed from the calendar and considered as a separate item. >>> 8a,approve amendment no. 1 to agreement no. cs-1007, structural engineering services for 525 golden gate, with soha engineers for continued structural engineering support during construction of building modifications; and authorize the general manager to execute this amendment, increasing the agreement by $60,000, for a total not-to-exceed agreement amount of $160,000, and with a time extension of one year, for a total agreement duration of four years. (how) b) award job order contractno. joc-60.approve amendment no. 1 to general engineering (a-license) for san francisco, san mateo, santa clara, and alameda counties, for a not-to-exceed amount of $5,000,000, to the lowest, qualified, responsible, and respon

of san francisco, to reduce the size of the leased premises to accommodate the san francisco public utilities commission (sfpuc) regional groundwater storage and recovery project, project no. cuw30103, in consideration of city's payment of $460,673; adopting environmental findings under the california environmental quality act (ceqa), ceqa guidelines, and administrative code, chapter 31; adopting findings of consistency with the general plan, and eight priority policies of planning code, section 101.1; and authorizing the director of property and/or the sfpuc general manager to execute documents, make certain modifications, and take certain actions in furtherance of this resolution. >>same house same call? the resolution is adopted animously. >>[gavel] >>mdm. sec. please that read the items 31 and 32 together. >>resolution approving an agreement with newcomb anderson mccormick for professional services related to energy and climate programs, for a five year term to commence following board approval through june 1, 2021, at a total cost not to exceed $44,000,000. >>>item 33is a resolution appr

with the city and county of san francisc >> good afternoon i'd like to call the san francisco public utilities commission to order. >> commissioner moran kwvrn and commissioner caen is expected shortly. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> item 3 approval of the minutes of june 28, 2016. >> you have before you the minutes of june 28th is there a motion to approve the minutes. >> second. >> public comment on the minutes hearing >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> opposed? minutes passes. >> item 4 general public comment i see mr. da costa has public comment good afternoon. >> good afternoon, commissioners today i'll be speaking about the digesters i wanted the commissioner to pay attention including the attorney so there was a time when the people of san francisco were told that a san francisco public utilities commission would address the mitigation of 0 both at the time the clean drinking water and the wastewater and when the time came the commission at the time not to commission maybe commissioner caen was on the commission that decided okay. we are going to stick with the clean water and

>> good afternoon i'd like to call the san francisco public utilities commission to order. >> commissioner moran kwvrn and commissioner caen is expected shortly. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> item 3 approval of the minutes of june 28, 2016. >> you have before you the minutes of june 28th is there a motion to approve the minutes. >> second. >> public comment on the minutes hearing >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> opposed? minutes passes. >> item 4 general public comment i see mr. da costa has public comment good afternoon. >> good afternoon, commissioners today i'll be speaking about the digesters i wanted the commissioner to pay attention including the attorney so there was a time when the people of san francisco were told that a san francisco public utilities commission would address the mitigation of 0 both at the time the clean drinking water and the wastewater and when the time came the commission at the time not to commission maybe commissioner caen was on the commission that decided okay. we are going to stick with the clean water and relegate the wastewater to the side t

with the city and county of san francisc >> good afternoon i'd like to call the san francisco public utilities commission to order. >> commissioner moran kwvrn and commissioner caen is expected shortly. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> item 3 approval of the minutes of june 28, 2016. >> you have before you the minutes of june 28th is there a motion to

>> good afternoon i'd like to call the san francisco public utilities commission to order. >> commissioner moran kwvrn and commissioner caen is expected shortly. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> item 3 approval of the minutes of june 28, 2016. >> you have before you the minutes of june 28th is there a motion to approve the minutes. >> second. >> public comment on the minutes hearing >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> opposed? minutes passes. >> item 4 general public comment i see mr. da costa has public comment good afternoon. >> good afternoon, commissioners today i'll be speaking about the digesters i wanted the commissioner to pay attention including the attorney so there was a time when the people of san francisco were told that a san francisco public utilities commission would address the mitigation of 0 both at the time the clean drinking water and the wastewater and when the time came the commission at the time not to commission maybe commissioner caen was on the commission that decided okay. we are going to stick with the clean water and relegate the wastewater to the side t

of san francisco, to reduce the size of the leased premises to accommodate the san francisco public utilities commission (sfpuc) regional groundwater storage and recovery project, project no. cuw30103, in consideration of city's payment of $460,673; adopting environmental findings under the california environmental quality act (ceqa), ceqa guidelines, and administrative code, chapter 31; adopting findings of consistency with the general plan, and eight priority policies of planning code, section 101.1; and authorizing the director of property and/or the sfpuc general manager to execute documents, make certain modifications, and take certain actions in furtherance of this resolution. >>same house same call? the resolution is adopted animously. >>[gavel] >>mdm. sec. please that read the items 31 and 32 together. >>resolution approving an agreement with newcomb anderson mccormick for professional services related to energy and climate programs, for a five year term to commence following board approval through june 1, 2021, at a total cost not to exceed $44,000,000. >>>item 33is a resolution appr

listed hereunder constitute a consent calendar, are considered to be routine by the san francisco public utilities commission, and will be acted upon by a single vote of the commission. there will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the commission or the public so requests, in which event the matter will be removed from the calendar and considered as a separate item. >>> 8a,approve amendment no. 1 to agreement no. cs-1007, structural engineering services for 525 golden gate, with soha engineers for continued structural engineering support during construction of building modifications; and authorize the general manager to execute this amendment, increasing the agreement by $60,000, for a total not-to-exceed agreement amount of $160,000, and with a time extension of one year, for a total agreement duration of four years. (how) b) award job order contractno. joc-60.approve amendment no. 1 to general engineering (a-license) for san francisco, san mateo, santa clara, and alameda counties, for a not-to-exceed amount of $5,000,000, to the lowest, qualified, responsible, and respon

ago after years of advocacy by community groups the departmented entered into a mou with the public utilities commission to acquire the property with immediate jurisdiction over 12 years. as part of the process the group that became the ftc committed to funding of maintenance of the new park and this agreement say formalization of that commitment so preliminary development of the site is in process already. the fpc has developed a preliminary baseline and have a design team under contract. rec and park and fpc has done preliminary stsd of the site and the next step as supervisor farrell mentioned is to develop a final concept plan, a donor recognition plan and potentially change the name of the site to francisco park and all of the items will go back to the parks and recreation commission for approval potentially next spring so as this is the preliminary base plan that the group has been working on with input from the community, and you will see it contains a number of really important park amenities including a dog run, ada accessible pathways, a restroom and a site for potential childrens p

ago after years of advocacy by community groups the departmented entered into a mou with the public utilities commission to acquire the property with immediate jurisdiction over 12 years. as part of the process the group that became the ftc committed to funding of maintenance of the new park and this agreement say formalization of that commitment so preliminary development of the site is in process already. the fpc has developed a preliminary baseline and have a design team under contract. rec and park and fpc has done preliminary stsd of the site and the next step as supervisor farrell mentioned is to develop a final concept plan, a donor recognition plan and potentially change the name of the site to francisco park and all of the items will go back to the parks and recreation commission for approval potentially next spring so as this is the preliminary base plan that the group has been working on with input from the community, and you will see it contains a number of really important park amenities including a dog run, ada accessible pathways, a restroom and a site for potential childrens p

ago after years of advocacy by community groups the departmented entered into a mou with the public utilities commission to acquire the property with immediate jurisdiction over 12 years. as part of the process the group that became the ftc committed to funding of maintenance of the new park and this agreement say formalization of that commitment so preliminary development of the site is in process already. the fpc has developed a preliminary baseline and have a design team under contract. rec and park and fpc has done preliminary stsd of the site and the next step as supervisor farrell mentioned is to develop a final concept plan, a donor recognition plan and potentially change the name of the site to francisco park and all of the items will go back to the parks and recreation commission for approval potentially next spring so as this is the preliminary base plan that the group has been working on with input from the community, and you will see it contains a number of really important park amenities including a dog run, ada accessible pathways, a restroom and a site for potential childrens p

we have a bill comparison by sb 790 that is put together collaboratively by the california public utilities commission, and the public advisory staff the comparison shows an average. we are also putting together a category to [inaudible] we are excited to go out on the market and get some more renewable n action to approvean increase in the power, as you may call this when we planned the program, the first enrollment period in may had pre-enrolled to meet about 30 mw of average demand the second was set to occur this fall and was planned at an additional 20 and it is that combinationthat 30 and 20 that got us to 50 mw focusing mostly on enrollment in residential customers. during program planning we use a 20% projected opt out rate for those two enrollments. however, because our opt out rate is much lower that 1.6% that i mentioned instead of 20 we are forecasting that enrolling that additional megawattsso we went to the commission and said this was the road we are on and we sought the authority and wehad an increase of approximately 20 mw as we had initially planned assuming we can meet th

attorney so there was a time when the people of san francisco were told that a san francisco public utilities commission would address the mitigation of 0 both at the time the clean drinking water and the wastewater and when the time came the commission at the time not to commission maybe commissioner caen was on the commission that decided okay. we are going to stick with the clean water and relegate the wastewater to the side this is what is happening if the bayview or the white communicated and was bombarded with a stench we get there would be a hue and cry the epa and the president of the united states maybe invited to take a sniff at what is happening this is continuing to happen in the bayview even though the digesters in district 10 see this stench what happened with the stop i'm not blaming them some of them maybe climate to the stench we want to know just the public wants to know if billions of are spent on the digesters what is happening a timeframe what really is happening when will the stench be addressed how will that be addressed when will the digesters come and y what year 2020

approve the revised records retention schedule and record retention policy of the san francisco public utilities commission. (sandler) >>is there a motion to move the revised schedule? >>i will move it. >>i will second it. >>is there any public comment? >>is there any public comment on the retention schedule? >>[indecipherable] >> thank you. are there any other public comments on this item? all those in favor say, aye. opposed, nay. the motion carries. next item please. >>11. approve amendments to agreement nos. cs-211a-d, specialized and technical services, , natural resources division, water enterprise, with cdm smith/ats, joint venture (cs-211a); icf+avila, joint venture (cs-211b); shaw environmental and infrastructure, inc., (cs-211c); and urs corporation (cs-211d), to provide continuing permit compliance monitoring of water system improvement program (wsip) habitat mitigation sites; and authorize the general manager to execute future amendments within the existing contract capacity of $20,000,000, with no single contract exceeding $7,500,000. >>is there a motion? >>i motion >>i will second.

matters hereunder constitute a consent calendar, are considered to be routine by the san francisco public utilities commission and will be acted upon by a single vote of the commission. there will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the commission or the public so requests. ?iepb a, approve the plans and specifications and award contract no. hh-986, 2017 mountain tunnel interim repairs in the amount of $4,960,260 to the lowest qualified responsible and responsive bidder, sierra mountain construction. b, approve the plans and specifications and award contract no. wd-2760, 12 ifrpk and 8 inch ductile iron water main replacement, in the amount of $4,822,740 to the lowest qualified responsible and responsive bidder, m herpb dez construction. county of alameda community develop. agency with an initial term of 3 years and not to exceed 75,000. >> thank you. i would like to remove item 9e from the consent calendar if there is no objection. hearing none we will take that item up after we get a motion on the consent calendar. is there a motion to move the consent calendar? >> so move

. ♪ >> good afternoon i'd like to call the san francisco public utilities commission to order. >> commissioneran kwvrn and commissioner caen is expected shortly. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> item 3 approval of the minutes of june 28, 2016. >> you have before you the minutes of june 28th is there a motion to approve the minutes. >> second. >> public comment on the minutes hearing >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> opposed? minutes passes. >> item 4 general public comment i

of the walk for the best late actress in la also want to thank the hard working san francisco public utilities commission staff and thank you our general manager for wastewater enterprise and juliette as the manager for external affairs and the community manage for the education to the community and they're ongoing financial logic support with my departure with the commission i'm leaving a solid staff who will continue to be dedicated to the community they are the commission secretary and eleanor herpes corridor with our newly hired executive director dionne we continue to working closely with sfpuc as a team for the benefit of bayview hunters point residents looets i want to thank my wife not here in new york of 36 years my executive director of the acts and the daughter isabel in washington and toy who is here and my son in brazil teaching and coming back many week and the medical doctor for allowing me to do the work i love and again, thank you for all your support you've given from the commission and giving me this honor i have the joy and look forward to working with sfpuc in the future g

pole and another exclaim not necessary to the neighborhood 25 looks to again- under the state public utilities commission that the state has nor jurisdiction over this area and so public works authority to regulate the wireless facilities into whether or not it is necessary under article 25 and the last claim the appellant makes the radio frequency is proposing a health hazard under article 25 he demonstrate the proposed facility complies with the federal guidelines for exposure to emissions and crown castle showed the application would comply with those standards and dph verifies it was try and that's q with j and k in our brief in conclusion we believed we processed that in corners with art deny the appeal. >> you indicated our respective city attorney gave you an arts commission jurisdiction is that in a written form. >> can i get back to you in rebuttal. >> okay. i have a similar question the arts commission it says whether it is public or private steps outside the box over any public sergeants or open space i i've heard from you article 25 excludes us from looking at this this is in our c

kate fernandez smith director of community benefits program at san francisco public utilities commission. thank you for the opportunity to provide ubdate. >> supervisor mar will have opening comments. >> i just want to thank our health equity coalition from communities. i believe roberto [inaudible] the shape up sf crew and many ucsf folks have worked on the issue since 2010 and beyond and just want to say cay and the public utilities commission staff are amazing. nick [inaudible] from the school district. some of the rec and park folks as they implement drink tap stations. we set acbitious goals since the hearings began in twnt 13 which we found the city wasn't keeping track where drink tap stations were going to took a teerft accordinate public parks and schools and communities with i thipg we had about 4 different hearings. there is a lot of convenes and thanks to nicko chinese health coalition, [inaudible] african american health equity leaders for demanding equity as we think about better water access and healthier communities. i want to acknowledge we have put money into it besides

amendment that i'm here to discuss a lease between the city and county of san francisco and the public utilitiesommission and mission valley rock to reduce the premises to accommodate the long term project in consideration of the payment of 29 thousand publication and reimbursement of expenses incurred by mission valley rock for the mining plan i want to brief show you what we are doing here this is the quarry the areas highlighted and shaded in pink we're taking back on a temporary base for the starj the area highlighted in green are the area we're taking back permanent for a water shed the adjacent to the water item enkirtd by the red line pursue the lease buy out was vetted by the m i appraiser and in close to the resolution we ask the board of supervisors to approve and authorize the lease amendment and adopt the finding from the ceqa guidelines and the administrative code chapter three 1 and authorize the city director of property and the city's deputy manager to execute the documents and take action in futures of this action. >> colleagues, any questions be move on to public comment anyone

kate fernandez smith director of community benefits program at san francisco public utilities commission. thank you for the opportunity to provide ubdate. >> supervisor mar will have opening comments. >> i just want to thank our health equity coalition from communities. i believe roberto [inaudible] the shape up sf crew and many ucsf folks have worked on the issue since 2010 and beyond and just want to say cay and the public utilities commission staff are amazing. nick [inaudible] from the school district. some of the rec and park folks as they implement drink tap stations. we set acbitious goals since the hearings began in twnt 13 which we found the city wasn't keeping track where drink tap stations were going to took a teerft accordinate public parks and schools and communities with i thipg we had about 4 different hearings. there is a lot of convenes and thanks to nicko chinese health coalition, [inaudible] african american health equity leaders for demanding equity as we think about better water access and healthier communities. i want to acknowledge we have put money into it besides

it was called the public utility holding company act of 1935, but you don't really need to know that. but they weren't able to get natural gas included. in fact, that law that i just talked about was probably the most controversial law in the early years of the roosevelt administration. there were 600 lobbyists in washington lobbying against it, large sums of money were spent, and and it passed by one vote. and they managed to keep natural gas out of it. so three years later they came back, and they were actually able to pass another law regulating the natural gas industry, because a lot of consumers had been really ripped off, and there were urban cities that were angry and organizing to try to do something about consumers not having access to affordable natural gas which was very important for heating and for electricity generation in some places. so this law did something important, it regulated the price of natural gas, and it gave the authority to a governmental body called the federal policy commission. and they used the cost of what it actually, what the oil and gas industry ha

. >> that's when they entered a contract with the san francisco public utilities commission. east palo alto is a newly incorporated city and failed to negotiate a good deal. now the city is doing what they can. they are looking to enter a new deal with the sfpuc and drill foreground water. >> i feel optimistic that it will give us a push to get to that point in a couple years, two or three years where we will have water. >> schools founded by mark zuckerburg and pricilla chan will help identify new sources of water. it is one of several projects hoping to make east palo alto its permanent home. lilian kim, abc7 news. >>> a small sign of hope for apartment hunters in san francisco. vacancies are up and rents are down. a lot of new construction and high end apartments are competing for tenants now. those in the business say what we are seeing is a correction for super high rents. >> i am actually finding it is fairly comparable with the market i found in new york. >> the san francisco apartment association says the largest represent drop is on the high end luxury units. >> palo

argentina's government has raised prices on various public utilities, some by as much as 1000%. they say those charges are likely to put dance halls out of business. they are asking to begin special cultural protection. n is facing charges of inciting violence and is serving the piece. he handed himself in to police on tuesday. last week he called them zimbabwians to say to a social strike against the country's ongoing economic crisis. ththe governmentnt w warned pros would face the full wrath of the law. he be sending't for president? that's the questions ready economy minister. he's holding a political rally two days before francois hollande is delivering his best deal day address. the raising that she is raising questions above -- about his own ambitious. what he has had to say to voters. reporter: 3000 people chanting for him to be president. by the french economy minister did not go so far as to announce his candidacy for the 2017 presidential elections. what he did say was that his new political movement would be playing a central role in them. >> the idea is not to have a

attorney so there was a time when the people of san francisco were told that a san francisco public utilities commission would address the mitigation of 0 both at the time the clean drinking water and the wastewater and when the time came the commission at the time not to commission maybe commissioner caen was on the commission that decided okay. we are going to stick with the clean water and relegate the wastewater to the side this is what is happening if the bayview or the white communicated and was bombarded with a stench we get there would be a hue and cry the epa and the president of the united states maybe invited to take a sniff at what is happening this is continuing to happen in the bayview even though the digesters in district 10 see this stench what happened with the stop i'm not blaming them some of them maybe climate to the stench we want to know just the public wants to know if billions of are spent on the digesters what is happening a timeframe what really is happening when will the stench be addressed how will that be addressed when will the digesters come and y what year 2020

approve the revised records retention schedule and record retention policy of the san francisco public utilities commission. (sandler) >>is there a motion to move the revised schedule? >>i will move it. >>i will second it. >>is there any public comment? >>is there any public comment on the retention schedule? >>[indecipherable] >> thank you. are there any other public comments on this item? all those in favor say, aye. opposed, nay. the motion carries. next item please. >>11. approve amendments to agreement nos. cs-211a-d, specialized and technical services, , natural resources division, water enterprise, with cdm smith/ats, joint venture (cs-211a); icf+avila, joint venture (cs-211b); shaw environmental and infrastructure, inc., (cs-211c); and urs corporation (cs-211d), to provide continuing permit compliance monitoring of water system improvement program (wsip) habitat mitigation sites; and authorize the general manager to execute future amendments within the existing contract capacity of $20,000,000, with no single contract exceeding $7,500,000. >>is there a motion? >>i motion >>i will second.

amendment that i'm here to discuss a lease between the city and county of san francisco and the public utilitiesommission and mission valley rock to reduce the premises to accommodate the long term project in consideration of the payment of 29 thousand publication and reimbursement of expenses incurred by mission valley rock for the mining plan i want to brief show you what we are doing here this is the quarry the areas highlighted and shaded in pink we're taking back on a temporary base for the starj the area highlighted in green are the area we're taking back permanent for a water shed the adjacent to the water item enkirtd by the red line pursue the lease buy out was vetted by the m i appraiser and in close to the resolution we ask the board of supervisors to approve and authorize the lease amendment and adopt the finding from the ceqa guidelines and the administrative code chapter three 1 and authorize the city director of property and the city's deputy manager to execute the documents and take action in futures of this action. >> colleagues, any questions be move on to public comment anyone

. >> that's when they entered a contract with the san francisco public utilities commission.t palo alto is a newly incorporated city and failed to negotiate a good deal. now the city is doing what they can. they are looking to enter a new deal with the sfpuc and drill foreground water. >> i feel optimistic that it will give us a push to get to that point in a couple years, two or three years where we will have water. >> schools founded by mark zuckerburg and pricilla chan will help identify new sources of water. it is one of several projects hoping to make east palo alto its permanent home. lilian kim, abc7 news. >>> a small sign of hope for apartment hunters in san francisco. vacancies are up and rents are down. a lot of new construction and high end apartments are competing for tenants now. those in the business say what we are seeing is a correction for super high rents. >> i am actually finding it is fairly comparable with the market i found in new york. >> the san francisco apartment association says the largest represent drop is on the high end luxury units. >> palo alt

wees can be traced back to 1984 when east palo alto entered a contract with the san francisco public utilities commission for water from the reservoir, and east palo alto was a newly incorporated city and failed to negotiate a good deal. so now the city is doing what it can. they are looking to negotiate with other certifies and to enter a new deal and drill for ground water behind home depot. >> i feel optimistic this will give us a push to get to the point in a couple of years two or three years, where we have water. all the primary school founded by zuckerberg is among the private entities that will identify new sources of water. the school has an empty lot one of several to make east palo alto their permanent home. >>> the city college of san francisco could earn back millions in state funding under a bill signed by the governor brown last month. according to the "san francisco examiner" it will allow city college to earn back funding for student enrollment going back to the 2012 and 2013 school year amounting to millions in college. they want a third of the student population because of t

the san francisco public utilities commission says, "customers will still be asked for a voluntary 10%in the city will still serve water by request only." the santa clara valley water district hasn't budged yet either. the district mandates a 30% reduction for now. but the board will meet again in 2 weeks to discuss. and the east bay municipal utilities district, or mud, has made some changes. its 1.4 million customers no longer need to meet a 20% conservation target, or pay fines for overuse. sam: one update here. this story originally aired a couple of weeks before the santa clara valley water district met in june. the agency did decide to lower the water use reduction target from 30% down to 20, but the agency says that, "residents should still continue their efforts to conserve in the midst of this drought." that is going to conclude this special edition of "reality check." you can view all of these stories and others like it by visiting our website, nbcbayarea.com/realitycheck. if you have an idea that you would like me to fact check, just go ahead and email me your tips to samuel

thank you verli streets illuminating our ideas and values starting in 2016 the san francisco public utilities commission is xhoefl that light with new led with the did i audits for better light for streets and pedestrian and they're even better for this vitally lasting longer and consuming up to 50 percent less energy upgrading takes thirty minutes remove the old street light and repeat 18 thousand 5 hundred times while our street lights will be improving the clean energy will remain the same every san francisco street light is powder by 100 percent godfathers hetch hetchy power in one simple word serious as day turns >> here we are at the embarcadero. we are standing at one of locations for the street artists. can you tell me about this particular location, the program? >> this location is very significant. this was the very first and only location granted by the board of supervisors for the street artist when the program began in 1972. how does a person become a street artist? there are two major tenants. you must make the work yourself and you must sell the work yourself. a street artist,

. >> reporter: treating the internet as a public utility, like a phone or electric company, has been growing more popular in recent years. chattanooga, tennessee, cedar falls, iowa, and lafayette, louisiana are examples of the more than 80 u.s. cities that have built publicly-owned high speed networks using fiber optics, the fastest and most efficient internet connection currently available. though building a municipal fiber network is a big task that many small towns and rural areas may be unable to do on their own, residents in western massachusetts may have found a solution. over the past six years, more than 40 towns throughout the region have come together to form a high speed internet cooperative called "wired west" whose goal is to build a high speed fiber optics network, connecting all the towns' residents and businesses. newman is now on wired west's board as a delegate for his town, new marlborough. >> the fiber will pass every-- it will be on every road, it'll pass every driveway, and anyone, however remote they are, will be able to get service. >> reporter: bob labrie, wh

>> good afternoon i'd like to call the san francisco public utilities commission to order. >> commissioner moran kwvrn and commissioner caen is expected shortly. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> item 3 approval of the minutes of june 28, 2016. >> you have before you the minutes of june 28th is there a motion to approve the minutes. >> second. >> public comment on the minutes hearing >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> opposed? minutes passes. >> item 4 general public comment i see mr. da costa has public comment good afternoon. >> good afternoon, commissioners today i'll be speaking about the digesters i wanted the commissioner to pay attention including the attorney so there was a time when the people of san francisco were told that a san francisco public utilities commission would address the mitigation of 0 both at the time the clean drinking water and the wastewater and when the time came the commission at the time not to commission maybe commissioner caen was on the commission that decided okay. we are going to stick with the clean water and relegate the wastewater to the side t

we feel like we are a public utility.k every player, every coach, manager, player, to give back in some way. we call it 100% participation. time and financial resources to identify whatever group is comfortable.>> how strong is your message to say this is about who we are?>> what's great is it's not a tough sell. we have never had a player say no. all it is for us, is not a hard sell, it's a facilitation. we facilitate the connection tween the players and the community.>> how many think it's personal rather than just a commitment? >> i think some players want to be proactive. it's so great. you see because they care, buster, when he talks about his condition with his wife around pediatric cancer, he broke down when he was talking about it. he was talking about his effort with pediatric cancer.>> reporter: buster posey and his wife are trying to raise money and awareness to fight pediatric cancer. as parents of three-year-old twins, the cause really hit home for them. the couple went to the giants for help. foster says his

it's the public utility side of things that makes this tostory exciting.hink about it, as millions of people move from the country to the city in places like china, they need to expand water systems. in the country, they may get their water from a well, and the sewage system may not be much more than an outhouse. and developing nations need to replace their water structure. china's is over 100 years old. and in the united states, over 5,000 are below standard. they're likely to spend $600 billion upgrading water and wastewater systems, some of the money is going to go to xylem. not many companies have that kind of gain. i think it's too much to pay for a company so much oil and gas exposure. they need producers to start fracking again. pent air is cheap, cheap, cheap. they had a couple good quarters. they might have a couple of cat cat -- catalyst. stocks are at an all-time high of 3$37. if you're looking for ben fisheries from the water business, xylem. that's the one i like. although ideally, you should wait for lower prices to buy a lot of it. i would p

the present and future and see the talent come through and hopefully you will be able to join public utilitytill commission and [inaudible] others who stepped up. we had people that said i want to give the money. i believe in your vision. i know and hear what shamon and [inaudible] are doing at the school board and want these kids to have every opportunity to succeed and don't want any attention just say take this and make sure the right kids get it. they all had one thing in common and that is the only thing i will be speaking to by something i'll ask of each one of our scholar awardees tonight and that is real san francisco thing. you know, for me, the door of opportunity was open not by myself. i think i could have been a smart, i could have done a lot of good grades and did all that but that wouldn't have earned the confidence or investment people made. it is also the feeling i know in san francisco we have and that is the support for each other. that, when we have the opportunity door open for us, our obligation of a life time basis is keep that door open for somebody else. all of you w

fearing competition, public utility companies hurl charges of socialism that turned into lawsuits. to defend this new deal cornerstone they hired harvard law graduate an experienced trial where the justice department. he may bessie a key member of tva's a brilliant legal team. two landmark supreme court cases that established the legality of it tba's power program and later the tennessee electric power company over shadowed tva's legal work in the early years. bessie researched, prepared witnesses, and materially shake the breathable cases. and her other work she negotiated contracts and got courtroom experience and condemnation cases despite years resistance for a woman lawyer from local attorneys, judges, and even witnesses. bessie won the respect of her tba colleagues including herbert s martz, pictured in the top left of the group photo would go on to serve as a general counsel to the atomic energy commission and whose papers i researched at the library. how did bessie feel about her chosen profession? she shared her thoughts in the magazine. laws to greatly greatly restricted

amendment that i'm here to discuss a lease between the city and county of san francisco and the public utilitiesommission and mission valley rock to reduce the premises to accommodate the long term project in consideration of the payment of 29 thousand publication and reimbursement of expenses incurred by mission valley rock for the mining plan i want to brief show you what we are doing here this is the quarry the areas highlighted and shaded in pink we're taking back on a temporary base for the starj the area highlighted in green are the area we're taking back permanent for a water shed the adjacent to the water item enkirtd by the red line pursue the lease buy out was vetted by the m i appraiser and in close to the resolution we ask the board of supervisors to approve and authorize the lease amendment and adopt the finding from the ceqa guidelines and the administrative code chapter three 1 and authorize the city director of property and the city's deputy manager to execute the documents and take action in futures of this action. >> colleagues, any questions be move on to public comment anyone