resolution of accommodations first for ed harrington general manager of the san francisco public utilities commission and michael campbell and director for the san francisco public utilities commission. >> well, thank you very much and we have two resolutions of accommodation to two very important individuals and ed harrington being the first one and so much has been said about ed harrington that i don't know if we need to add to all the numerous things that have rightly said about him. i doubt that ed harrington is watching the lafco meeting. i am sure one of the benefits that he was looking forward to when he retired he no longer had to come to these meetings accident but in the event he is watching. >> >> we want to thank ed harrington for his work and we have a resolution before the commission honoring him. the second item and just as important is to honor mike campbell who has taken time i think he might be technically on vacation or personal time, so i apologize. it is not our intent to honor you by forcing you to take personal time to actually come to a lafco meeting, but mike campbell resolut

another major milestone, but it is our general manager's last week here at the san francisco public utility commissioni want to thank him publicly here as part of this major milestone for all of the work that he has done to serve as commission and the city, not only as general manager but as city controller for the last 27 years. thank you for your leadership and your commitment to this city and to this system. >> i want to thank everybody else who has worked on this project. not only the commissioners that are here, but our incoming general manager and all of the staff. i know that there is a lot of staff here. the engineers, the planners, the operators, everybody that has been involved. you can't take on a project like this or a system rebuild without a lot of effort and help. and i want to give a heart-felt thank you to everybody who is here and everybody who is not here who has worked to make this project a success. so thank you so much. [ applause ] >> thank you, very much. commissioner. and as you can see, it is not just about this reservoir, today. it really is about all of the things that we h

a standard agreement approve bid the california public utilities commission.tiable. so we are asking for your support to be able to have the general manager implement this with pg&e. >> thank you. a quick question for this project. not so much the item before us, but how was it paid for? >> that is paid for out of the power enterprise, department of the p.u.c. we have a capital funding program for renewable and energy efficiency projects. there is an amount set aside for those. it is actually part of the hetch hetchy revenue, it is paid for out of those funds. >> so this is p.u.c. funding, basically the ratepayer dollars going to pay for the solar project. >> yes, sir. >> is it available for all schools or was this a one-off exception? >> no. we actually entered into a master license agreement with the school district. so there is a program that is available for other schools. this is a ten-year license agreement with the school district, so there is a ten-year window where we can scout out other schools that might be available to do this. unfortunately our fu

>> good afternoon, i'd like to call the october 23rd, meeting of the public utilities commission to order. madam secretary, would you call the roll? >> commissioner moran? >> here. >> commissioner torres? >> here. >> commissioner caen? >> here. >> commissioner vietor? >> here. >> commissioner courtney? >> here. >> commissioners, you have the minutes of the october 9 meeting. in front of you. are there any additions or corrections? >> i move the minutes. >> second. >> moved and seconded. any comment? all those in favor? >> aye. >> the motion carries. madam secretary, i'd like to move item 6 next on the agenda. would you call that, please? >> item 6, other commission business, discussion and possible action in accordance with rule 6 of the rules of order to nominate and elect officers. >> and specifically that would be the offices of president and vice president of the commission. taking the president first, commissioner vietor. >> it would be my great pleasure to nominate commissioner torres as the next president of the san francisco public utilities commission. >> thank you. and is there

. >> item three is community reports and sf program 448rand status of the public utilities commission. >> great and i will turn it over to first our executive 5n5nxzof nancy miller and we are joined by the assistant general manager, barbara hale but i want to simply note that we hit a pretty important milestone in the history of lafco here in san francisco. this past tuesday we have a final vote at the board of supervisors, an eight-three vote on community aggregation which allows the clean power program to move forward. certainly the first phase of that program, and i want to begin by thanking all of the members of the lafco, the commission who are here today and have been working on this for so many /)n)eí/years. of c our vice chair, commissioner avalos, one the newest members and commissioner olague and commissioner shelt -- schmeltzer and i want to thank you for your insight and that this program was done in the right way and we keep the various agencies accountable and i want to thank you for that, and i also want to thank our fab fabulous lafco staff. it took a lot of work behin

disgrace. >> reporter: the mayor of san bruno talking about how he thinks the california public utilities commission is handling the aftermath of the devastating pipeline explosion that killed eight people two years ago. survivors watched as the council unanimously passed a resolution calling on the head to quit are be fired. >> i can't bring my daughter back. i'm so happy that they are able to stand in front of everyone and support basically the what the city needs. >> reporter: the city is faulting cpuc president for suspending public hearings to determine how much pg&e might be fined and blaming the regulator for poor oversight. george mitchell was brought in to mediate. the resolution accuses peavy of a backdoor deal. now the mayor wants mitchell and his law firm to step down. >> when they came out to talk they are represent entering an insurance company that could be liable for some of the damages caused by pg&e. we feel his firm has a conflict and we want him to step away from this. >> reporter: the governor would have to fire michael peavy we laced calls for comment and we have not heard back

byron rhett is helping me out and we have representing the san francisco public utilities commission today donna palassos and others. essentially the public utilities commission is in the process of diversing the public water supply and looking at recycled water at fulfilling some of the city's water needs and have approached the port at looking at a number of port sites that could potentially where they could build a recycled water plant on the east side of the city. they're looking at other sites as well and barbara is here to give a policy overview of the project, some of the siting considerations, the process -- the public participation process they're in right now and i will talk about next steps so thank you barbara. >> thank you. i am barbara palassos and a project manager with the sfpuc and i am here here'd to give you a introduction about this project of the i will talk about the water portfolio and the water program we're implementing here in san francisco. provide more details for the east side project. the sites we are considering and this project that we think is part of

. >>> tonight the san bruno city council voted to get rid of the head of the public utilities commission. it is the latest fallout from the pg&e explosion that destroyed dozens of homes and killed eight people. john alston is live in the crest more neighborhood with this new development. john? >> san bruno wants the head out passing a resolution. and while it is symbolic and does not have the force of law, the city leaders hopes it puts pressure on the regulator and the governor. >> it is a disgrace. >> the mayor of san bruno talking about how he thinks the california public utilities commission is handling the aftermath of the devastating explosion that killed eight people two years ago. survivors watched as the city council unanimously passed a resolution calling on the head of the scene to quit or be fired. >> i can't bring my daughter back. i am so happy that they are able to stand in front of everyone and support basically what the city needs. >> the city is faulting cpuc president michael pevy for suspending the public hearings to determine how much pg&e might be fined and blaming

. >>> tonight the san bruno city council voted to get rid of the head of the public utilities commission. it is the latest fallout from the pg&e explosion that destroyed dozens of homes and killed eight people. john alston is live in the crest more neighborhood with this new development. john? >> san bruno wants the head out passing a resolution. and while it is symbolic and does not have the force of law, the city leaders hopes it puts pressure on the regulator and the governor. >> it is a disgrace. >> the mayor of san bruno talking about how he thinks the california public utilities commission is handling the aftermath of the devastating explosion that killed eight people two years ago. survivors watched as the city council unanimously passed a resolution calling on the head of the scene to quit or be fired. >> i can't bring my daughter back. i am so happy that they are able to stand in front of everyone and support basically what the city needs. >> the city is faulting cpuc president michael pevy for suspending the public hearings to determine how much pg&e might be fined and blaming

i would like to call the meeting of the public utilities commission to order. madam secretary, call the roll. >> president moran. >> here. >> commissioner cane. >> may i say with apologies, wonderwoman went to the gym and totally messed up her knee. i'm here. >> glad you are. >> commissioner butor. >> present. >> commissioner torres and courtney are excused. >> we have the meetings from the september 25th meeting. any additions, corrections or a motion? >> so moved. >> second. >> moved and seconded. all in favor. opposed. the item carries. public comments, this is the time for any members of the public who wants to address the commission about something under the commission's jurisdiction but is not on the calendar today. this would be the time for those public comments. do i not have any cards and don't see anybody who wants to speak. we will move on. communications, the advanced calendar and summary, commissioner, any questions? okay. moving along, is there any other commission business? seeing none, report of the general manager, mr. kelly. >> so first i wou

retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $[#1r5-6/],000 from the california public utilities commission. >> same house, same call. this resolution is adopted [ gavel ] . >> item 19. >> item 19, resolution authorizing the public utilities commission general manager to enter into a long-term interconnection agreement with pacific gas & electric company for a solar power project at the alvarado elementary school. >> supervisor wiener. >> thank you, mr. president. this is part 2 of the pilot of putting solar panels on top of alvarado elementary school. now this will allow for the interconnection agreement. this we believe will be the first example of what will hopefully be a trend of placing solar panels on public schools. in addition to promoting clean energy, there will be an educational component for children to learn about solar energy. so i'm proud to be sponsoring this resolution and i'm proud that the first school will be at alvarado in mill valley. thank you, colleagues. same hughes, same call. this resolution is adopted [ gavel ] . >> item 120 [#20*-/], authorizing the mayor's offi

bond amount from the california public utilities commission. it is unclear on the timing on that. we already are meeting the requirements they have laid out, which was $100,000 bond. so we have met that requirement. whether they are going to have another decision or not is unclear to us at this point. all of the appropriations having been authorized was also a condition. that's complete. power enterprise having rates in place to be financially stable and in compliance with the commission's reserve policies, that is complete now. of course it is revised quarterly and we'll come back to you on that regular schedule. we will also be sure to come back prior to asking you to allow us to launch the program, revisit that and make sure we have met that condition. that is an ongoing check, as is part of our usual quarterly review. and we will need to have a contract for customer billing and data management. the back office functions. that is targeted to come to you in december. to give you a broader view of the next steps, we are here in october, as you see. and expecting them to hopefully

mike resigned and went and took a wonderful opportunity at the california public utilities commission, where he is going to head up one of the bureaus there in the rate payer advocacy group, which means we no longer have a director of the program. i'm beginning my outreach and recruitment for that. in the interim, however, we have a member of the team who has been working with mike who has stepped up to serve as our interim director. that is sheryl taylor. she is here today. thank you, sheryl. she's coming to us from todd reedstrom's team. she's been working side-by-side with mike. she will be the director as we pursue all the activities we have been talking about. >> great. >> i would encourage you to fill that position as quickly as possible. >> i'm feeling very motivated, commissioner. >> thank you. >> thank you all for your feedback, appreciate it. >> thank you. this has been something that you have worked toward for a long time. it's now become real. >> yes. >> so the pace increases, the stakes go up, and i'm sure you will welcome all the help you can get. >> thank you very much.