[tone] it's not fair to put it on steve ritchie. the last point -- the lake itself when there is not someone in charge of addressing his challenges and coordinating the necessary responses. >> mr. martin? >> i'm going to start off giving some good news. late in 2011, i got phil ginsberg and puc staff consultants and others to look at the report and see what we could bond against in the 2012 bond. we met to talk about road diet projects out at the lake. i've been a member of the working bond committee and in that bond will be $2 million for lake merced, the first time any money has been in a rec & park bond for lake merced. i don't want to jeopardize those funds. the lake could be eligible for $10 million in small or large community projects. the problem i see right now is the language in the bond says lake merced is under the jurisdiction of rec & park. my recommendation is you either ask them or supervisor elsbernd to add it into it and a new section titled lake merced renovation and development, approximately $2 million, be added

steve ritchie, assistant general manager for water. go to the slide please. talk about the of sillery water supply system, the giggly relative to the earthquake safety and emergency response bond. a lot of this was prepared by our project manager, but also on the operational aspects, the director of regional operations contributed to this presentation. this is a photo of one an -- what an awss fire hydrant looks like. by comparison, across the street, you can see a traditional fire hydrant. it is much smaller, and those tend to get broken over when they get hit by cars. awss does not. it is designed to withstand a big earthquake. that really is a large, complex system that i will talk about more in a moment. in 2010, the awss was transferred from the fire department to the puc as part of our water operations in support of them. they fight fires, we manage water systems. that was the purpose of the transfer. we have since been coordinating operations with the fire department, which includes both the regular water system and the auxiliary water supply system. w

steve ritchie is assistant general manager of water for p.u.c. >> we've found through investigations over time, that there is contamination on the property. >> members of the committee to save lake merced say if there is contamination this is the main concern. >> whether or not it's leeching into the water or getting into the fish that are here. >> those who sup supported turning over management back to the p.u.c. >> it has resulted in confused and inefficient decision making. >> the p.u.c. investigations reveal so far that there is no danger to the water, contaminations are a different matter. >> this needs to be addressed. >> the p.u.c. estimates it will cost $10.7 million to clean this up. guess who they think ought to foot the bill? >> this is caused lumly by the only only ones there for decades. >> and there is going to be the ones negotiating on the costs of clean up. the hang up is that the rod and gun club says that their estimates are only $5 million. cheaper than $10.7 million estimate bid the city. >> and a new plan could reduce the number of state parks slated foreclosure