san francisco. we have another project. project. puc has been working with the department of public works to install a treatment system at un plaza the truck fill station the purpose of the water would be again for street cleaning downtown san francisco irrigation and for fountain make up water as i mentioned all of the materials are available online the ordinance our guide book and grant pam at smp.org and i'm happy to answer any questions you may have >> thank you. your staff has been helpful with this process we appreciate that. a couple of questions pirs thank you for those examples i think it's important for the private sector to see we're not just telling private owners what to do with the cities and transbay the governmental building are being build that is important i think the masconi center falls within the area as well i think everyone's going to have to comply with this legislation. so a couple of things. in terms of monitoring thank you for mentioning that i know the department of public helt is actually taking another look

category of the priorities is around advancing innovative policies and really lifting up the san francisco puc as a thought leader with the utilities and industry overall we do that with 0 lobbyist and other public utilities and administrators and agencies as the local level work closely with the board of supervisors like supervisor cowen and others to make sure that any of the san francisco pucs business that requires contracts emergencies and appropriations appointment are introduce the process our relationship at the board of directors has been very important and so 5 years ago when i came on broad we wanted to get a sense of their priorities and connections with the authority that the sfpuc has and what that looked like in action last year, we brought 39 pieflgz legislation all passed $80 million professional service contract for the bio digester project both the local and underground projects were approved and now to execute the enter solar project so your authorities that have independently executed those and tracks over hundred piece of protections that are of interest to the enterprise

sinks showers and washing machines and black water from toilets kitchen and utility sinks the san francisco puc has programs on the residential scale for gray water harvesting we're seeking a contractor to help expand programs on the residential scale we have been expanding our scale to the commercial large mixed use for unit and multifamily buildings in san francisco. two on-site water treatment systems in the buildings arraign water harvesting system that watcheses rainwater for irrigation we also have a living machine that collects and treats all of the black water in the building to the right is a living machine it's a series of wetland cell tell us that look like large planter boxes on the side of the treat it's treating all of the black water in the building so we can reuse that water to flush toilets and urinals in building we have been able to save 60% of our water -- which is equivalent to 1.5 million gallon thes of portable water we served each year with on-site water treatment systems we heard from a lot of other developers in san francisco they wanted to collect and treat water sour

the city gets water from san francisco puc and ter raising prices, of course, because of the drought. >> it's tuesday morning. you are probably planning what your outfit will look like. stretch out, wake up, have the coffee and start with clouds. >> yes. leave the umbrella at home at least for today. looking for showers to move in and much needed rain. as we look across the bay area now, temperatures are in the upper 50s and as you head out, low clouds. drizzle. taking the lunch outside the afternoon this the upper 60s. all across the bay. in the mid 50s in the south bay. 75 degrees. 74 degrees. the east bay at 69 in san francisco. at 65 degrees. nine miles in san francisco. slowing it down a little bit. to work or school. right now even this morning we have the low clouds, but not a drop of rain coming ott. as we to through the day it will be dry and a few more clouds moving in as we go into tonight. a little bit breezy though but sunglasses are a great call for many spots like the tri valley and the inland areas. nice and comfortable in oakland. napa reaching 77. as we get a little

be developed probably housing couldn't say the land is owned by itself city and county of san francisco the puc we own. >> huge amount of land there to the south of berry necessarily avenue and part of that land was developed some years ago for residents and for small shopping area really well done and mines was the city sold that land and something else developed it i don't know for sure i'm curious as to what is going on with that parcel of land is not wise to sell land it is worth a lot you get the revenue from the rental and the and a presentation so it is wise to hold into land in desirable areas and should consider some of the land to be self-developed and build housing or affordable housing, we could built supportive housing oath middle-income housing and i'm not sure we'll get the credit for the regolden technically in alameda did you not u county but the idea to divide those up the whole bay area is behind on the housing needs and to arbitrarily draw lines lines in san francisco didn't make sense as a region be able to meet those goals and have shared objectives that go throughout the

san francisco. item 20 unmitigated claim jane sandel francisco file and josÉ alvarez versus puc. 'm 21 city and county of san francisco versus an old valley golf and recreation. gauche items 23 through 31 not be heard today. >> great. thank you. denied a motion, please on attorney client privilege on the matters as stated? all those in favor say, aye. opposed, nay. thank you. i also need a motion to recuse commissioner courtney from items 19 and 20 due to a conflict. is there a motion? >> i make a motion >> second >> all those in favor say >> thank you. back into open session. items number 19 and 20 were settled. please have a motion to disclose our discussion during close session? >> i move not to disclose >> second >> all those in favor say, aye. opposed, nay. the motion passes. other new business? >> hearing none the meeting is adjourned. >>[gavel]@ppx >> ever wonder about programs the city it working think to make san francisco the best place to work and will we bring shine to the programs and the people making them happen join us inside that edition of what's next sf sprech o

public comment. >> thank you dr. >> thank you committee members and supervisor mar i'm a puc doctor at san francisco general and with the university of the san francisco also a resident of the richmond district that is lirtdz with corn liquor store with market the sugar sweetened beverage to children i'm here on behalf of those kids and the patient i take care of at the san francisco general hospital on behalf of the city's needs with respect to the city health some of you may have heard me when i started out

in the bay area they're asking a customer to continue to try to conserve and distraught the san francisco puc says the water storage is that 53 percent capacity they're being kept in and near full right now it is only a 13% is to compare to other state utilities they're in good shape within the customer to continue looking for ways to save an additional 10%. >>james: nicotine to cope with the job is live along a 80 in, oakland has noticed unusual green. >>charles clifford: along southbound days '80s is this lush green chip of an alleged assault is soaking wet a curious sight consider it to a few feet away is a couch and sign reminding people to limit their outdoor irrigation because of the drought the thought it seems has not been here very long as it received from these are images of the century of lamb was brown the drive last october of this past january they received landscaping the median and now looks like this the spokesperson was unavailable to comment for this story to the afternoon but he did provide an explanation according to caltrans aggressive planning here as part of a storm wa

public comment. >> thank you dr. >> thank you committee members and supervisor mar i'm a puc doctor at san francisco general and with the university of the san francisco also a resident of the richmond district that is lirtdz with corn liquor store with market the sugar sweetened beverage to children i'm here on behalf of those kids and the patient i take care of at the san francisco general hospital on behalf of the city's needs with respect to the city health some of you may have heard me when i started out as a doctor in 1991 one out of two patient were men dying of aids and through a remark coalition of public figures and public health leaders and activists in less than a generation we've successfully tackled the aids epidemic but it took heroic and painstakingly efforts to do that especially the ward 5 a the famous aids ward men's were dying of aids no longer has patients with aids the bad news the wards as well as other wards in san francisco general hospital are now busting with patients dying of the complication of type 2 diabetes again in less than a generation when i started out at san fra

. >> hi, i'm harlan kelly the achieve the san francisco water i want to thank you for the interpretation terminate of the regional finance authority ucsf the puc provided waits to 2.6 millions folks in the san francisco bay area between the retail customers and wholesale in the alameda, sacking arrest san mateo kontsdz this regional financing authority was created as part of the city bill 1870 jackie spear to make sure that san francisco is serious again investing in the water system and if san francisco were not to invest in a water system this financing authorize was a was for it to be 23i7bd so although we meet every 6 months no action was taken but an active board so with this reup to the time i'll continue to participate as one of the agencies that is responsible for a 1/3rd of the water use. >> so you said you meet every 6 months no action has been taken no action required to be taken or what is this actual nature of the meetings. >> well that is really in case san francisco doesn't finance it and we've invested over $6.5 million and wholesale customers the rate so if san francisco didn't step forward with the $3.6 million and refused to

the san francisco sheriff's department in collaboration with the san francisco police department as well as the puc are pledging that we will receive and hire 300 youth this summer. 150 men and 150 young women. >> wow, wonderful. fantastic. thank you very much for that commitment. what we love is the diversity of opportunities for young people because there are many paths to success. >> good morning, on behalf of enterprise holding and enterprise rental cars, 32 jobs. >> fantastic. thank you, enterprise. others? it's not too late. yes, please? >> christy coffman from dare fashion we are hiring one intern. >> thank you very much. [ applause ] every job matters. so thank you very much. yes, please. good morning i'm tina tang with the san francisco planning department and we are hosting 21 interns this summer. >> thank you very much. city department stepping up large. anyone else? maria sui. >> thank you once again mr. mayor for your leadership and making sure that all young people have opportunities in this city. this year ucyf wants to continue to fund this program, we are going to support 2,000 job

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san francisco looked at the east side and conducted use facilities about building a plant on the east side of san francisco for toilet flushing for buildings whereas the west side is for irrigation in the puc is coordinating with waste water enterprise who are activitily in the water sewer system plant. who are working to upgrade an old aging infrastructure the proposal for the water recycled treatment plant would be located in the south east treatment plant as you can imagine we need to keep the plant running while doing modification to sewer system space is limited so we're working closely with the sewer system program anticipating when we do move forward with construction it would probably be around 2026 there is a lot of moving parts with the south east treatment plants the bio solids moving forward again space is limited we need to keep the plant running certainly the east side recycled water is part of the portfolio and consider that an important component within the water program. >> when will the west side facility be operational >> we're currently ending the requiremental review program we're planning to go to the commission in august of this year if all goes well with our approva

. >> reporter: the puc says they work. san francisco is saving watered better than most in the state. but do the ads go too far? well, not in san francisco. >> it's scandalous, isn't it? >> right. >> short and steamy. >> yeah. >> you don't think so? >> nah. >> all right. >> reporter: it doesn't make you blush a little bit? >> um, i don't blush easy. >> reporter: san francisco is on track to save 12 billion gallons of water by year's end. the hope is these ads will help. but for that to happen, you have to first get the joke. >> yeah, i mean, i'm really tuned into innuendo but i didn't pick up on it honestly. >> reporter: in san francisco, mark kelly, kpix 5. >> if you have to bring barry white in to make you save water, it's okay. >> whatever works. >> in santa barbara we got a half inch of rain. no drought buster but we'll take what we can get and that moisture is what's been lifting up in our area. i was just taking a look at some of my computer models and we picked up less than .10" of rain so far this morning. but we have more comin

puc managers. the "san francisco chronicle" says none of those managers were suspended or fired. tween the puc and the utility. critic says the e-mails show an inappropriate relationship between pg&e and the agency that is supposed to regulate it. the e-mails prompted federal and state criminal investigations. >>> drivers in california can now challenge traffic tickets without having to pay the fine first. the state's judicial counsel approved that change yesterday. mark kelly looks at the potential impact. >> reporter: angie diner still remembers the big traffic ticket she got whacked with in her 20s. >> it was interest fees, late fees and it skyrocketed into something really ridiculous. >> reporter: but if she had the fight a ticket today. it would be a whole new experience. no need to pay a dime. until you get your day in court. >> i think this is a smart change? >> yes. yes. i do. >> you shouldn't have the pay to get -- to pay to get a court date. >> reporter: marie with the east bay community law center has been championing this change for years on behalf of the poor. her gro

been disciplined by the state public utilities commission in connection with the puc's dealing with pg&e. the "san francisco chronicle" says none of the managers was suspended or fired. it stems from thousands of e- mails between the puc and the utility. critics say the e-mails show an inappropriate relationship between pg&e and the agency that is supposed to regulate it. the ole mails have prompted federal and -- e-mails have prompted federal and state criminal investigations. >>> the city of berkeley is being sued. ctia filed a lawsuit yesterday. it's over a new city ordinance that calls for consumers to be warned about potential radiation exposure from carrying cell phones. the suit contends that the ordinance violates free speech by making sellers convey a message that is quote inaccurate, misleading, and controversial. >>> the sheriff of san francisco will have to scale down plans to get body cameras for jail guards. sheriff america' moe told the "san francisco examiner" he requested $242,000 for the ram but was -- program but was denied by the mayor lee. mirkarimi now plans the use $50,000 from anothe

could call them altogether and the memorandum of agreement with the san francisco unified school district which will allow for the use of puc funding for the implementation of sfusd vision xerox strategic plan and john o'connell school with the duration of two years and item 13 the agreement academic year grant to support the disengaged young adults with puc project opportunity a authorize the general manager to solicit the entrants and to execute for the in the amount of not to exceed 2 hundred and 60 thousand with the two year agreement. >> can i have a motion on items 11 12 and 13 please. may i ask a question. >> another motion first. >> so moved. >> second. >> yes. >> is there a psychologically manufacture or installer of those water stations? is that not been determined yet >> there's not a sole - on page. >> is the question basically only one provider of those stations. >> that's not one provider a but this is on page b-3 exhibit a of the actual moa called the acorn bottle if i recall. >> certainly it's a growing business isn't it. >> yes. >> i mean, i love the tap filling stations it is a great fireman if we have the

. >> reporter: the puc says they work. san francisco is saving water better than most in the state, but do the ads go too far? >> it's a little -- >> it doesn't make you blush a little? >> i don't blush easily. >> reporter: san francisco is up to save 12 billion gallons of water by year's end. but to make that happen, you have to get the joke. >> i'm tuned into it, i didn't even pick up on it though. >> what i noticed, mark, you only asked men. >> men would only talk about it! that's the problem. >> all right. >>> we go to saving water to another controversy, the backlash against california's bullet train. >> new efforts to stop the project in its tracks, and the construction that has been cut down already. we'll be right back. >>> democrats are bashing president obama when it comes to the biggest free trade deal. >> one of the questioning the president is congressman mark desonya, he will sit down and talk about some things you don't know about the agreements. >>> and there's more push back offer california's plan for high speed rail.

. >> reporter: the puc says they work. san francisco is saving water better than most in the state. but do the ads go too far? well, not in san francisco. >> it's scandalous, isn't it? >> right. >> short and steamy. >> yeah. >> you don't think so? >> nah. >> all right. >> reporter: it doesn't make you blush a little bit? >> um, i don't blush easy. >> reporter: san francisco is on track to save 12 billion gallons of water by year's end. the hope is these ads will help. but for that to happen, you have to first get the joke. >> yeah, i mean, i'm really tuned into innuendo but i didn't pick up on it honestly. >> reporter: in san francisco, mark kelly, kpix 5. >> it certainly gets everyone's attention and gets everyone talking and i think that's what they want to do. >> whether it's sexy or not i'm not sure but attention is important. how are you? it's a little wet outside. >> it's a little busy. it's been very busy this morning. >>> we have something very rare happening here in the bay area. that's where we are seeing the remnants of what was once actually a hurricane, then downsized t

we have the san francisco first program that is one we're soliciting informally contracts all departments will outreach to all lebanese in the certification categories that is something the puc has started for a number of years doing and there's also going to be a citywide envisional goals participation on all contracts regarding the subcontractors c m b will justify the codes to a low percentage a program i'm working on with the controller's office as well as the zoning administrator, what say you? office is a subcontractor advance payment we're looking at ways to be able to provide early payment for the local business enterprises so they don't have to wait until the prime is paid until they get paid and then another program that is emerging the mentor program we're exciting it encourages the prime contractors to mentor the smaller contractor by weighing some of the good faith requirements so i know that was a lot it didn't encompass all the changes but definitely a highlight is there any questions. >> did i put you all to sleep (laughter). >> glad you presented it well it is clear and precise. >> the question i have what would be different about what items are brought to t

. >> the puc says the ads work. san francisco is on track to save 12 billion gallons of water by the end of the year. >>> people in the east bay meanwhile can expect to see a big spike in their water bill. that starts next month. east bay m.u.d. is permanently raising rates by 8% and adding a 25% temporary surcharge on the bill. that equals out to about 12 bucks a month for the average customer. >>> it is 5:14 right now. here's liza with the traffic report. >> wet roads and accidents now. highway 17 in the santa cruz mountains. we'll start there. northbound just before idyllwild on highway 17 a multi- car accident blocking the left- hand lane. a new accident at the cordelia junction. a solo spinout blocking the left lane. you will see the transition ramp leading to southbound 680. we are seeing some slow traffic there. those are the accidents this morning. there was a spinout along 880 in san leandro near the 238 loop. that's been cleared out. 880 now rolling well through the oakland and hayward areas. just give yourself some ext

introducing something simple just a hearing request for the puc to report to the board on the biosoled digester facil tee project. san francisco through the sewer system improvement program known as ssip, and it is [inaudible] project has evaluated and recommended a thermal hydrolysis process also knon as thp to begin to treat biosolids. this is important and relevant to the bay view community because it is new and important technology that reduces patgens that are harmful to the community. from the bay view community you smell a stitch from the treatment plant thrrks is new technology on the market that we would like to bring to the community to reduce the odor and it generates energy for the plant. it also enables to puc to revuz 100 percent of the biosolid and gas. this is a significant investment that our city will be making. the project cost a total of around 1.7 billion dollars and the rest i submit. thank you >> thank you supervieer cohen. supervisor farrell >> submit >> madam president that concludes the roll claul for introduction >> at this time weal rego to the 3 p.m. special order. can you call the 3 p.m. special o

overall vision where in technology will impact our plant in san francisco so there was it is an opportunity that i'm grateful for and thank you to the puctaff for extending an invitation to go to on this 2ri78 e trip that was 5 days we were on planes and trains and buses we were in cabs we were utilizing all different modes of transportation the unfortunate thing it wasn't your traditional thing or thing to kick it and have a good time we had people but focused on the technology now another highlight is not only were we able to discuss the bio solids and but visited a food processing plant to see how the scrapes are processed it's a smell i didn't experience your technology has they have eliminated the odor but it stuck with me the smell i'm sensitive having grounding grew up in san francisco people grew up smelling the waifrment now we have a chance to write environmental i think judged 4942 intelligence and finally depart 80 percent of the city's waste is going through the wastewater the plant in bayview we deserve to have state of the art technology and for me the best selling point of the proposal it's an elements that will educate