to the san francisco public utilities commission and the city and county of san francisco. >> thank you, madame secretary. commissioners, i'm honored to introduce and recognize three outstanding individuals who have recently retired from the public utilities commission after having served in the department for more than 25 years. i'm going to read some resolutions for them and, at the end, invite folks up for photos if they're available. the first is john martin. in recognition of his 25 years of service to the city and county of san francisco, i'd like to recognize john who retired in january after working for 25 years as a stationary engineer at the southeast treatment plant. while john's not able to appear publicly, we want to thank him and show our gratitude for his service to the p.u.c. and i'm going to read this resolution. whereas john martin exemplifies tireless commitment and dedication to the maintenance of the equipment used at the southeast treatment plant, which improves the lives of san francisco residents, and whereas john is known as the, quote, unofficial centrifuge exp

commission board of appels, department of building inspection, child support services, office of county education, department of environment, law library, municipal transportation agency, port, public library, san francisco public utilitiesssion and residential rent stabilization and arbitration board and retirement system. 2. proposed budget appropriation ordinance appropriating all estimated receipts and expendituring for fiscal years 22-23 and 23-24. 3. proposed annual salary ordinance for positions in the budget in the appropriation ordinance may 1, 23022 for fiscal years 22-23 and 23-24. members of the public who wish to comment should call 415-655-0001. id 24800696647. press pound twice. please dial star 3 to line up to speak. system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. wait until you are unmuted to comment. >> chair ronan: thank you so much. i just want to start out by thanking my office. i will explain how we will go through the agenda to jump around a lot. we will hear from the budget legislative analyst for six departments whose presentations we heard last week. airport, building inspections, port, public library and public utilities and retirement. once they present the report departments can agree

. >> these are the things that the san francisco public utilities commission is doing. they are doing it because they feel they have a responsibility to san franciscans and to people in this community. >> i had a grandmother who lived in bayview. she never moved, never wavered. it was a house of security answer entity where we went for holidays. i was a part of bayview most of my life. i can't remember not being a part of bayview. >> i have been here for several years. this space used to be unoccupied. it was used as a dump. to repurpose it for something like this with the bistro to give an opportunity for the local vendors and food people to come out and showcase their work. that is a great way to give back to the community. >> this is a great example of a public-private community partnership. they have been supporting this including the san francisco public utilities commission and mayor's office of workforce department. >> working with the joint venture partners we got resources for the space, that the businesses were able to thrive because of all of the opportunities

commission board of appels, department of building inspection, child support services, office of county education, department of environment law library, municipal transportation agency, port public library, san francisco public utilities commission and residential rent stabilization and arbitration board and retirement system. 2. proposed budget appropriation ordinance appropriating all estimated receipts and expendituring for fiscal years 22-23 and 23-24. 3. proposed annual salary ordinance for positions in the budget in the appropriation ordinance may 1, 23022 for fiscal years 22-23 and 23-24. members of the public who wish to comment should call 415-655-0001. id 24800696647. press pound twice. please dial star 3 to line up to speak. system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. wait until you are unmuted to comment. >> chair ronan: thank you so much. i just want to start out by thanking my office. i will explain how we will go through the agenda to jump around a lot. we will hear from the budget legislative analyst for six departments whose presentations we heard last week. airport building inspections port public library and public utilities and retirement. once they present the report departments can agr

>> president moran: meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission to order. please call the roll. [ roll call ] vice president ajami is excused. we have a quorum. this meeting is held in person at the san francisco hall room 400 authorized by the california government code and mayor breed's 45th supplement to february 25, 2020 emergency proclamation. i like to remind individuals present and attending in person today, all health and safety protocols and building rules must be adhered to. hand sanitizer stations are available throughout the building and masks are available upon request at any of the city hall entrances. i like to ask please silence any electronic devices. we welcome the public participation during public comment period. for each item, you will take two minutes of public comment first. members of the public may provide remote public comment by dialing (415)655-0001. meeting i.d.. you must limit your comments to the topic of the agenda item being discussed. remind you stay on -- if public comment be made in respectful manner and you address the re

. >> these are the things that the san francisco public utilities commission is doing.hey feel they have a responsibility to san franciscans and to people in this community. >> i had a grandmother who lived in bayview. she never moved, never wavered. it was a house of security answer entity where we went for holidays. i was a part of bayview most of my life. i can't remember not being a part of bayview. >> i have been here for several years. this space used to be unoccupied. it was used as a dump. to repurpose it for something like this with the bistro to give an opportunity for the local vendors and food people to come out and showcase their work. that is a great way to give back to the community. >> this is a great example of a public-private community partnership. they have been supporting this including the san francisco public utilities commission and mayor's office of workforce department. >> working with the joint venture partners we got resources for the space, that the businesses were able to thrive because of all of the opportunities on the way to this communi

general manager of the san francisco public utilities commission, the city administrator and the city controller. the proposed ballot measure or the ballot measure that will be voted on by voters will change the composition of that refuse rate board. the general manager to the san francisco public utilities commission, city administrator and a rate payer representative. the city controller instead would act essentially as the rate setting process. this is the change that's going to be before the voters in june. that rate payer representative will be a seat that would currently be appointed or offered up by the utility reform network as proposed in the ballot. that organization is currently listed as the organization that will propose the member for that seat or it can be another organization that can be selected by the board of supervisors. in addition, where this commission would come involved in the process and the rate setting process, there will be two hearings that will be scheduled as a result of this new process. one will be a public hearing before this commission and there wil

to this food, and we're just really glad to be >> president moran: meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission to order. please call the roll. [ roll call ] vice president ajami is excused. we have a quorum. this meeting is held in person at the san francisco hall room 400 authorized by the california government code and mayor breed's 45th supplement to february 25, 2020 emergency proclamation. i like to remind individuals present and attending in person today, all health and safety protocols and building rules must be adhered to. hand sanitizer stations are

deputy assistant manager of power enterprise san francisco public utilities commission. as you well know the public utilities commission are the clean energy provider. we are here to support the very important transition to electric feets from the municipal customers. unfortunately we are facing very serious interconnection challenges from pg&e. they own the distribution grid in san francisco. we have had significant costs and delays in connects urprojects across the city. municipal customers are attempting to install ep chargers. one example. back in 2019, m.t.a. was seeking to put in a few ev chargers on the parking lot. they required primary service electrical equipment to be included. there is no engineering need for this. it is costly, large. typically this is needed for a large road like stadium or hospital or airport. do to this requirement, in project was not able to proceed. you can see there on my graphic on the slide to give you a sense of the cost and size of this equipment. unfortunately we were not able to proceed with this project. similar to other projects

item 4 is a resolution authorizing the san francisco public utilities commission to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $1 million from the metropolitan transportation commission, with funds from the federal highway administration and reviewed by the california department of transportation for design and construction of the southern skyline boulevard ridge trail extension project which would extend the bay area ridge trail south from state route 92 to the golden gate national recreation areas phleger estate and improve educational and recreational access, parking, and rest room if a tilts on peninsula watershed land owned and maintained by the sfpuc in san mateo county, for a term period of may 2022 through january 2024. members of the public who wish to make public comment should lineup to speak. members of the public joining us remotely should call 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 2488-607-7768, then press pound and pound again. madam chair? >> chair ronen, supervisor ronen, supervisor safai, it's my first time in this room in a couple of years. >> chair ronen: welcome back. >> tha

general manager of the san francisco public utilities commission, the city administrator and the city controller. the proposed ballot measure or the ballot measure that will be voted on by voters will change the composition of that refuse rate board. the general manager to the san francisco public utilities commission, city administrator and a rate payer representative. the city controller instead would act essentially as the rate setting process. this is the change that's going to be before the voters in june. that rate payer representative will be a seat that would currently be appointed or offered up by the utility reform network as proposed in the ballot. that organization is currently listed as the organization that will propose the member for that seat or it can be another organization that can be selected by the board of supervisors. in addition, where this commission would come involved in the process and the rate setting process, there will be two hearings that will be scheduled as a result of this new process. one will be a public hearing before this commission and there wil

moran: yes, please. >> clerk: item 11 is a public hearing to consider the adoption of schedule of rates, fees and charges of the san francisco pup utilities commission, power end for cleanpowersf in san francisco to be effective on or after july 1, 2022. item 12 public hearing to consider the adoption of rates of the san francisco public utilities commission for hetch hetchy power service beginning on or after july 1, 2022 and july 1, 2023. >> good afternoon president moran and commissioners. general manager herrera and counsel. i'm a principle revenue and rates analysis with the team here. i'm here to present the results of the power rate study to adopt power rates for fiscal 2023 and 2024 for hetch hetchy as well as for fiscal 2023 for cleanpowersf. we will go through the power rate study. the goal we've kept in mind and rate study process itself. we'll dive specifically into cleanpowersf as well as hetch hetchy power, rates proposals the key takeaways ands bill impacts. starting with the rate studies overview, the sfpuc as an agency is required by the san francisco city charter, to perform a power rate study at least every five years by an indepe

deputy assistant manager of power enterprise san francisco public utilities commission. as you well know the public utilities commission are the clean energy provider. we are here to support the very important transition to electric feets from the municipal customers. unfortunately we are facing very serious interconnection challenges from pg&e. they own the distribution grid in san francisco. we have had significant costs and delays in connects urprojects across the city. municipal customers are attempting to install ep chargers. one example. back in 2019, m.t.a. was seeking to put in a few ev chargers on the parking lot. they required primary service electrical equipment to be included. there is no engineering need for this. it is costly, large. typically this is needed for a large road like stadium or hospital or airport. do to this requirement, in project was not able to proceed. you can see there on my graphic on the slide to give you a sense of the cost and size of this equipment. unfortunately we were not able to proceed with this project. similar to other projects

. >> these are the things that the san francisco public utilities commission is doing. they are doing it because they feel they have a responsibility to san franciscans and to people in this community. >> i had a grandmother who lived in bayview. she never moved, never wavered. it was a house of security answer entity where we went for holidays. i was a part of bayview most of my life. i can't remember not being a part of bayview. >> i have been here for several years. this space used to be unoccupied. it was used as a dump. to repurpose it for something like this with the bistro to give an opportunity for the local vendors and food people to come out and showcase their work. that is a great way to give back to the community. >> this is a great example of a public-private community partnership. they have been supporting this including the san francisco public utilities commission and mayor's office of workforce department. >> working with the joint venture partners we got resources for the space, that the businesses were able to thrive because of all of the opportunitie

looking for opportunities to grow their business. >> these are the things that the san francisco public utilities commissioning it because they feel they have a responsibility to san franciscans and to people in this community. >> i had a grandmother who lived in bayview. she never moved, never wavered. it was a house of security answer entity where we went for holidays. i was a part of bayview most of my life. i can't remember not being a part of bayview. >> i have been here for several years. this space used to be unoccupied. it was used as a dump. to repurpose it for something like this with the bistro to give an opportunity for the local vendors and food people to come out and showcase their work. that is a great way to give back to the community. >> this is a great example of a public-private community partnership. they have been supporting this including the san francisco public utilities commission and mayor's office of workforce department. >> working with the joint venture partners we got resources for the space, that the businesses were able to thrive because of all of the opportunities on the way

this past year, the san francisco public utilities commission water quality division started receivingto test for lead in the public school system here in san francisco as a result of legislation that had passed from the state requiring all of the public schools to do lead testing. and so as a result, the public utilities commission and the water quality team in particular was asked to meet with the san francisco unified school district to begin to prioritize which schools to test to meet that state mandate. >> the team that tests, we're a full service environmental laboratory, and we take care of both the needs of the water quality division and the waste water enter price. and on the water quality enterprise, we have to also have drinking water that meets all federal and state quality regulations. and lead in schools, we're playing a problem in remediating this problem of lead in schools. >> our role here in communications is being able to take the data that we have that we know is protective of public health and safety and transmit it, give it to the public in a way they understand w

item 4 is a resolution authorizing the san francisco public utilities commission to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $1 million from the metropolitan transportation commission, with funds from the federal highway administration and reviewed by the california department of transportation for design and construction of the southern skyline boulevard ridge trail extension project which would extend the bay area ridge trail south from state route 92 to the golden gate national recreation areas phleger estate and improve educational and recreational access, parking, and rest room if a tilts on peninsula watershed land owned and maintained by the sfpuc in san mateo county, for a term period of may 2022 through january 2024. members of the public who wish to make public comment should lineup to speak. members of the public joining us remotely should call 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 2488-607-7768, then press pound and pound again. madam chair? >> chair ronen, supervisor ronen, supervisor safai, it's my first time in this room in a couple of years. >> chair ronen: welcome back. >> tha

. >> these are the things that the san francisco public utilities commission is doing. are doing it because they feel they have a responsibility to san franciscans and to people in this community. >> i had a grandmother who lived in bayview. she never moved, never wavered. it was a house of security answer entity where we went for holidays. i was a part of bayview most of my life. i can't remember not being a part of bayview. >> i have been here for several years. this space used to be unoccupied. it was used as a dump. to repurpose it for something like this with the bistro to give an opportunity for the local vendors and food people to come out and showcase their work. that is a great way to give back to the community. >> this is a great example of a public-private community partnership. they have been supporting this including the san francisco public utilities commission and mayor's office of workforce department. >> working with the joint venture partners we got resources for the space, that the businesses were able to thrive because of all of the opportunities on

. >> item 10 resolution to approve updated emergency declaration of san francisco public utilities commission pursuant to add enough code section 660, 6.600 contract resources for tree removal and slope repair due to flooding damage to increase cost by $16 million for new amount of $20 million. >> thank you. seeing no one on the roster we will take this same house same call. without objection this resolution is adopted unanimously. please call item 11. >> item 11 resolution to authorize the department of homelessness and supportive housing to execute standard agreement with california department of housing community development for $5.6 million of 2021-22 california budget funds to accept and expand funds for capital expenses related to pay view vehicle triage for costs incurred july 1, 2021 through june 302026 to make appropriate findings. >> thank you. seeing no one on the roster same house same call. this is adopted unanimously. please call item 12. >> 12 is resolution to authorize issuance and delivery of alternate credit facilities for the finance corporation refunding bonds 2008-1 and 2

engineer >> president moran: meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission to order. please call the roll. [ roll call ] vice president ajami is excused. we have a quorum. this meeting is held in person at the san francisco hall room 400 authorized by the california government code and mayor breed's 45th supplement to february 25, 2020 emergency proclamation. i like to remind individuals present and attending in person today, all health and safety protocs

item 2 is a hearing on the san francisco public utilities commission's emergency fighting water system 2050 planning study and the status of the efforts to expand the city's high-pressure fire protection water supply and distribution system to cover all unprotected neighborhoods by 2034 as called for in board of supervisors resolution number 484-19, file number 191029, requesting the sfpuc, fire department, and office of resilience and capital planning to report. >> chair mar: thank you. so this item is really to continue our public discussion about one of the most -- our city's most important response infrastructure project, which is the emergency firefighting water system to all unprotected neighborhoods in the city. these high-pressure water pipelines are critical to fighting fires, especially after a major earthquake. we know we're going to be having one in the coming years, but the e.f.s. is important to fight fires not related to climate or earthquake events. approximately a third of our city does not have the protection of these high-pressure water pipelines and are vulnerable t

my name is christina i director offinancial planning san francisco public utilities commission .for having us . i'm presenting on the accept and extendgrant retroactive american rescue plan act of 2021 . >> you mind pulling up the slide? thank you. let's go to thefirst slide . >> providing background, on july 13, 2021 as part of the coronavirus fiscal recovery fund established by the american rescue plan act of 2021 $1 billion was appropriated to electric utilities to eligible residential and commercial customer arrears that accrued during the pandemic. for assembly bill 125 and 148 a california arrearage payment program and california water wastewater arrears program c ww app requirements were established. the ss puc was a leader in lobbying efforts for these funds at the state level and california is one of the only states to put that stimulus funding towards utility bill arrears. let's move on to the next slide. the sfpuc was able to receive a total of $10.9 million from that funding source to apply to customer arrearages. the breakdown is $7.3 million for our water enterprise

item 2 is a hearing on the san francisco public utilities commission's emergency fighting water system the efforts to expand the city's high-pressure fire protection water supply and distribution system to cover all unprotected neighborhoods by 2034 as called for in board of supervisors resolution number 484-19, file number 191029, requesting the sfpuc, fire department, and office of resilience and capital planning to report. >> chair mar: thank you. so this item is really to continue our public discussion about one of the most -- our city's most important response infrastructure project, which is the emergency firefighting water system to all unprotected neighborhoods in the city. these high-pressure water pipelines are critical to fighting fires, especially after a major earthquake. we know we're going to be having one in the coming years, but the e.f.s. is important to fight fires not related to climate or earthquake events. approximately a third of our city does not have the protection of these high-pressure water pipelines and are vulnerable to big fires, especially when the next

. >> these are the things that the san francisco public utilities commission is doing.e doing it because they feel they have a responsibility to san franciscans and to people in this community. >> i had a grandmother who lived in bayview. she never moved, never wavered. it was a house of security answer entity where we went for holidays. i was a part of bayview most of my life. i can't remember not being a part of bayview. >> i have been here for several years. this space used to be unoccupied. it was used as a dump. to repurpose it for something like this with the bistro to give an opportunity for the local vendors and food people to come out and showcase their work. that is a great way to give back to the community. >> this is a great example of a public-private community partnership. they have been supporting this including the san francisco public utilities commission and mayor's office of workforce department. >> working with the joint venture partners we got resources for the space, that the businesses were able to thrive because of all of the opportunities on the

. >> president moran: meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission to order. please call the roll. [ roll call ] vice president ajami is excused. we have a quorum. this meeting is held in person at the san francisco hall room 400 authorized by the california government code and mayor breed's 45th supplement to february 25, 2020 emergency proclamation. i like to remind individuals present and attending in person today, all health and safety protocols and building rules must be adhered to. hand sanitizer stations are available throughout the building and masks are available upon request at any of the

general manager of the san francisco public utilities commission, the city administrator and the city controller. the proposed ballot measure or the ballot measure that will be voted on by voters will change the composition of that refuse rate board. the general manager to the san francisco public utilities commission, city administrator and a rate payer representative. the city controller instead would act essentially as the rate setting process. this is the change that's going to be before the voters in june. that rate payer representative will be a seat that would currently be appointed or offered up by the utility reform network as proposed in the ballot. that organization is currently listed as the organization that will propose the member for that seat or it can be another organization that can be selected by the board of supervisors. in addition, where this commission would come involved in the process and the rate setting process, there will be two hearings that will be scheduled as a result of this new process. one will be a public hearing before this commission and there wil

deputy assistant manager of power enterprise san francisco public utilities commission. s you well know the public utilities commission are the clean energy provider. we are here to support the very important transition to electric feets from the municipal customers. unfortunately we are facing very serious interconnection challenges from pg&e. they own the distribution grid in san francisco. we have had significant costs and delays in connects urprojects across the city. municipal customers are attempting to install ep chargers. one example. back in 2019, m.t.a. was seeking to put in a few ev chargers on the parking lot. they required primary service electrical equipment to be included. there is no engineering need for this. it is costly, large. typically this is needed for a large road like stadium or hospital or airport. do to this requirement, in project was not able to proceed. you can see there on my graphic on the slide to give you a sense of the cost and size of this equipment. unfortunately we were not able to proceed with this project. similar to other projects

deputy assistant manager of power enterprise san francisco public utilities commission. s you well know the public utilities commission are the clean energy provider. we are here to support the very important transition to electric feets from the municipal customers. unfortunately we are facing very serious interconnection challenges from pg&e. they own the distribution grid in san francisco. we have had significant costs and delays in connects urprojects across the city. municipal customers are attempting to install ep chargers. one example. back in 2019, m.t.a. was seeking to put in a few ev chargers on the parking lot. they required primary service electrical equipment to be included. there is no engineering need for this. it is costly, large. typically this is needed for a large road like stadium or hospital or airport. do to this requirement, in project was not able to proceed. you can see there on my graphic on the slide to give you a sense of the cost and size of this equipment. unfortunately we were not able to proceed with this project. similar to other projects

. >> item 13 is a resolution to authorize the san francisco public utilities commission to accept and a one million-dollar metro transportation commission. a federal highway administration grant for design and construction of the boulevard ridge trail extension project and improve educationa recreation access , parking and restroom facilities in san mateo county term of january 2023 through august 2025 . >> president:supervisor chan . >> i would like to be added as a cosponsor. >> seen no one else on the roster we will take questions. without objection this resolution is adopted unanimously . madam clerk please call item 14. >> item 14 is a resolution to authorize the public utilities commission to enter into three agreements for purpose of long-duration energy storage to serve customers with clean power sf for the line battery energy storage system number one llc. the first agreement is a pass-through for liability. the second is a shared agreement of the line storage of participation. the third is a chlorinated operation for the california community power sf and five community choic