the navy system has to be maintained by the puc from oakland. then, it is picked up by the navy through the port of oakland property of the island. that will be transferred, just like the island, once the navy transfer occurs, and then to the puc and other power providers. >> ok. president vietor: are we going to have a decision at some point as to whether to take this on? when would that come before us? >> the timing of that -- >> prior to approval, we would pause for the feasibility study to be done, code 99. prior to the formal approval. next month. >> it is our working assumption that you would want us to propose to do that. president vietor: i think also, you know, with cca, it is an interesting opportunity being on model clinton climate project. so, would that be addressed in the disability -- feasibility study? >> yes. president vietor: it would? that would be great if it could be. >> yes. president vietor: some kind of distributed generation of around grenoble's, the local build up, that would be great. if we could make an informed decisi

i was the first to get solar in the neighborhood through puc. i was coined the name the ambassador of solar. i would like for you to write down three things. one is commitment. committed to funds. go back 40 years, prior to the puc to the department of public works. the expansion of the sewage plant in my community. i would like to say to you that from that expansion of the sewage plant in the 1970's, we got a southeast community college. that is a responsibility that the city owed to bayview hunters point. i'm not like to talk about any other community. as most of you may know, presently, bay view hunters point has changed quite a bit. we have a lot of asians that do not speak english. we have a lot of latinos that do not speak english. what we need in bayview hunters point is truly education and training for jobs for the people in the southeast sector. i really pray and hope that you take this under consideration. there was a task force set up two years ago because we are going to be having 5 coming into the community that will help create jobs

supervisor chu: if i could ask the puc to clarify. >> certainly. the larger projects we are talking about, the wsip project, we said the rates would go up dramatically to have a reliable water system. we suggested rates would go from about $40 a month for the regular water bill to about $41 for the wsip program -- from about $14 a month. that is that part of it. $49 million is somewhat in addition to that with the commercial paper. the commercial paper is really just a financing tool. we can borrow money at 1.25%. if we are borrowing for long- term debt, it is 5%. we issue commercial paper while the budget is happening and then we will look into the long-term debt after we stabilize the project, and we hope to get a better market for the bond rates. it is not a separate discussion. it will roll out ultimately into the regular bond issuance. it is a bridging tool to make sure you get the best rate when you do not need to go out and borrow the money long term. supervisor chu: to be clear, the issuance or item one, the dollar amount that would be raise

it has been a good start ship of the program by the san francisco puc. supervisor chu: if i can ask you to wrap up. >> yes. ia while ago, earlier this year, there was less than $1.4 million in the pot. i anders and there was about $1 million that was earmarked for low-income projects that were going to go forward. in those projects, the san francisco puc was notified and it they were told that the project would not go forward. net absent that amount of money going back into the pot, the sf puc did a really good job of estimating how much money and at what clip it would be used. here we are at six weeks to the end of the fiscal year and we have $400,000 left in the pot. now, $300,000. supervisor chu: thank you. next speaker, please. >> my name is david, community advocate. i am asking the board of supervisors to keep full funding of the go solar san francisco program. i'm convinced it has done a lot of benefits for our neighborhood and did much to attract foreign technologiegree. i've met solar companies, including one provider who lives in my provider, wo

it was based on fe bic -- based on feedback from the sf puc. per supervisors cohen's request, we provided a one-for-one replacement for the existing preschool child care space on site. this is to clarify the notice of special restrictions that would be recorded against that property to ensure that no matter what, over time, there will always be 4000 square feet of preschool on the site, even if the service had to be moved. nsr would essentially say it does not have to remain in a particular location, but there always has to be 4000 square feet on the site. supervisor mar: it does not mean that the school that currently exists will be there, but it locks in a future child care center. >> correct. presumably any number of child care providers could bid or offer to use that . we are not going to predetermine who the ultimate user is. as section 3.15 added, at request of supervisor chu, this agrees to contribute seed money to the school project. this will accelerate pedestrian safety improvements on sunset boulevard. section 4.1.3. we've clarified t

because it is going to obligate the puc if they cannot recoup their money. good luck. >> thank you. we always appreciate the input from our citizens advisory committee, so any more detail or concern that you have, we would love to hear that as you proceed. thank you. any other public comment? next item please. >> item 11, discussion and possible action to improve and other less the general manager of the san francisco public utilities commission to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the department of the environment and municipal transportation agency to install 27 electrical vehicle charging stations in 13 city-owned rogers for public use -- garages for public use. >> thank you. manager of administration and budget power. the mou before you formalizes the roles and responsibilities among the sfpuc, department of environment, an invisible transportation agency. these charging stations will be publicly acceptable throughout 13 city own garages. the charges are provided to the city free of charge through 2013. the facilities are customers of the power enterprise, and they pa

discussion of possible action to approve the terms and conditions and authorize the general manager of the puc to negotiate and execute an amendment to the existing lease between the city and sustainable agriculture education, a non- profit corporation to modify the description of the leased premises to delete approximately 0.65 acres located at the southern end of the premises near the water temple enter at approximately 1.5 acres located nearby in to the north of the yard. increase the base line for water usage from 12,000 units to 22,400 units, provide credit for tenants approve water bills in an amount not to exceed $63,544, provide for additional tenant alterations, provide 10 additional funding in the amount of $332,500 for implementation of a water- related educational curriculum over the remaining term of the lease, provide to the tenant a onetime payment in the amount of $70,095 for conducting stakeholder out -- and preparation report concerning the proposed alameda watershed center, and update an amended lease in certain lease exhibits, including a farm licence. the park is now fully

the puc is expected to vote on that issue tomorrow. hose district includes san bruno, says that pg&e's proposal is an attempt to pass on to ratepayers the responsibility that should be pg&e's. it should be an interesting meeting tomorrow. >> thank you, sharon chin in san bruno. >>> time now is 5:39. a $23,000 violin is swiped from a student. >>> bodies piling up but not for the reasons you might think. why grieving families in one part of the bay area are having to put funerals on hold. ,, my second diagnosis-- i was told to go home, retire, and enjoy the time i had left. to say it was a shock is just a complete understatement. i mean, i don't think there are words. she had put up a really good fight, but it was her time. you... don't have a choice of getting breast cancer. i had no choice. i wanted to do something bigger than myself. that 3-day gave me that opportunity. and i can actually do something to help. i think it's a very bold thing to do. 60 miles in 3 days-- i can do that. i'm sure if it was 100 miles, we'd still walk it. it

for a time he worked at the puc itself. our final new member is john, the bawsca representative and the senior analyst for them. everyone else on this committee has been there since the beginning. as such, we are turned out at the end of the year. so these new members are the faces you will be seeing in the future. just as a reminder, the key charge is that we are to make sure you are spending your funds legally and to make sure the bond proceeds -- be primarily due this through our independent reviews which are financed by a small percentage of the bond proceeds. we currently have about $1.2 million in the bank to do this. that seems like a lot of money, but just like your work, on the trajectory that is done, we have done a lot of prep work, but now we are going to have to really follow a dynamic path in a construction program. just as a reminder, we have done three previous independent reviews. the first one in 2006 when we were just doing your commercial paper program. this was followed by a report in 2006 which builds u

happening with our arts enrichment realignment and revised mou that will be taking place between the puc and arts commission. our plans at this point are to come back to you at the june 28 meeting that will happen in the southeast with a couple of items. one is a more in-depth overview about the work we have been doing over the last four months. looking at the 2% set aside required based on the administrative code, all above- ground construction needs to be allocated to arts in richmond, so we have been spending the last several months working with our city attorney an arts commission staff to revise the mou about how those dollars get spent. on june 20, we will get back to you with an overview about the work that has been happening at policy and resolution for your adoption, and by that point, we should have finalized the mou between the puc an arts commission that will realign those dollars, which ends up being millions of dollars to be more consistent with the puc's priorities. >> so we will be back next month, but you should have an answer to your questions for the last year-and-a-ha

the puc is expected to vote on that issue tomorrow. state assemblyman jerry hill, whose district includes san bruno, says that pg&e's proposal is an attempt to pass on to ratepayers the responsibility that should be pg&e's. there are two other groups representing pg&e ratepayers. they vote tomorrow. >> thank you, sharon chin in san bruno. >>> public safety may take some big hits as part of contra costa county's efforts to reduce a budget shortfall there. the board of supervisors just approved a budget plan yesterday that includes nearly $50 million in cuts, 138 jobs will be eliminated and 28 of those will be from the sheriff's office. >>> and people in sonoma county can't escape budget cuts, even in death. mortuaries say that the county is so far behind on issuing death certificates needed for burials that funerals are being delayed. the office in charge of that used to have four people working on the certificates but because of cuts and a retirement there is only one person left to take care of everything. the backlog got worse last w

the puc budget is -- it is an infrastructure-rich organization, as you know. what we spend money on more than anything else is making sure the assets continue to survive. the water system is needed to bring water to 2.5 million customers in the bay area. the waste water system is critical for getting rid of waste water and storm water in san francisco, and the power grid is critical to providing power to san francisco. because of that, we have a long- term view of the world, so typically, we look 30, 40, or 100 years out. so our budget is much more heavily dependent on capital projects and on debt. the budget between the current year and the proposed year is going up by $61 million, and that is the slide you are seeing. you will see that almost all of it is in the water department. i was going to go through water and then with water and then power with a current look and then a five-year low. on the water department, the water department budget is going up $54 million of the $61 million total budget increase for the puc. $41 million is debt service, and that is

little snippets of what is being done in the manual that we have been working on with the puc. it shows different systems, different requirements, what we are expecting at dbi, what puc is putting out there as well and how we're planning to help them. one of the biggest things that will help everybody would be plumbing plan check for especially these types of systems. it will make a lot easier for everyone and save everybody, like i said before, time and money. commissioner murphy: last time you brought it up, there were some issues with the device. the washing machine pumping the gray water out. >> one thing that is actually in the code is the gray water for laundry to landscape. that was in the newspaper the other day of somebody will put one of those in. it shows how you take from the laundry as a single pipe. there's no cutting into the plumbing system, a changing of any piping. that is already installed. all that stays there. then you have the three-way valve, and that takes it directly to the landscape. that is not permanent. we do not see those. because it has no typing

i just want to thank the inspector for being involved in this, and we would like to stay involved in it. i think it is important for us to communicate with puc and other policymakers. we want to support the gray water initiatives in san francisco, but we also want to make sure they are done safely and that it does not infringe upon other properties and cause other problems later. commissioner walker: the part about being able to identify certain areas that are going to trigger issues -- i think that is an important issue, especially as we experienced the water rise that we know is coming. if there is a way that we could make -- you know, pay more attention to those or a process that catches those, i think that would be helpful. commissioner murphy: that is great that you are willing to help the public and advise them on it. very important that it is kept as inexpensive as possible. homeowners are not going to be able to afford a soil report. it costs all kinds of money, and they are not going to go there, and they are just going to go into their own system. if we keep the money out of it, then you're going to get people that will come for ad

there was also a tremendous support from the puc for us to develop a management plan and support from others, including the usda and the columbia foundation, for the cost of some of the basic infrastructure for the site. three farmers have been established there pretty much since the beginning growing specialty tomatoes. we have an offering from the farmer here, a squash tomato they have specially bred. for all of you like to grow your own at home, here are some tomatoes. another farm with they and their extended family are growing strawberries, which we also have here to offer you today, hand delivered by barge, and we have a family farm which has a very diverse operations. collectively they have well over 1000 customers. it's being sold the school district in east oakland, and the other point of our program out there that has been hugely important has been the education fees. in this first for a half years, literally thousands of people have come out here primarily kids coming out to generally explore. in recent years, also to start to learn from the new curriculum we have just fini

authorize the general manager of the san francisco public a lid is commission to execute on behalf of the puc the interagency cooperation agreement between the city and county of san francisco and a treasure in the development authority and development agreement between the city and county of sanford's is good and the treasure island community treasurellc relative to the development of it station treasure island in furtherance of the treasure island development project, subject to the approval of the board of supervisors and about findings pursuant to the california environmental quality act, including a statement of overriding consideration and a mitigation monitoring and reporting program. >> good afternoon, commissioners. having a little bit of technical difficulty. i think i am going to use the overhead. >> scoot over. that will work. >> i do not know if you can see that. good afternoon, commissioners. deputy general manager. we have before you today treasure island. you have three actions or decisions that are possible for you to make today. one is to adopt the ceqa findings and mitigati

they are not related to the puc's next year's budget, but related to the issuance of water revenue bonds and also the establishment of a water enterprise environment, so enhancements surcharge fund, item three. if there are any members of the public who wish to speak on items one, two, or three, please come on up. seeing none, public comment is closed. can we entertain a motion to -- i believe on item two, our clerk has just indicated to us that there is a document that needs to be amended. >> yes, i apologize. the city attorney indicated there is an environmental document missing, so i think we are recommending that that portion beat put on reserve until the environmental documents are finalized. supervisor chu: so that i understand correctly, to the city attorney, we need to indicate that the portion related to treasure island -- >> that is appropriate as long as it is sufficient for the controller to understand the amount at work. supervisor chu: thank you. we have a number of items. if we can entertain a motion to send items one and three out with recommendation. supervisor mirkarimi

supervisor campos: would be helpful to do a formal invitation on behalf of lafco and the puc? >> let's do some feelers with pg&e. some combination may be the way to do it. we may come back with a recommendation. supervisor campossupervisor mir: something, potentially. we need to figure out what that would look like. supervisor campos: you do not want to post a letter and "the guardian." colleagues, any questions on item six? is there any member of the public who would like to speak on the item? see none, public comment is closed. >> i do not want this first meeting with our new chair -- joint meeting with our new chair to conclude without saying thank you for the four years of leadership from our past chair supervisor mirkarimi. we would not have gotten to the day or get to the finish line without your leadership and advice. i want to publicly thank you for everything you have done to help cca laid the groundwork. supervisor mirkarimi: i have been share for five years. supervisor campos: public comment. this is an opportunity for members of the public to comment. >> eric brooks

dufty, i was first made to meet with laura spanion of the puc. she acknowledged our many calls to the agency but acknowledge that they had nothing to do with the problem. her demeanor changed upon hearing what i have heard from one of our employees. we have asked for input on our problem of flooding and received a letter that was dated june 2, 2006, from the assistant chief of claims. his basic response, the property owner is completely responsible for the maintenance and repair of a private sewer. these words along with our engineering contractor george wilson cost us approximately $40,000. $40,000 is a large sum of money to be paid for sewer replacement on a three-unit building. george wilson replaced our silver, and that is why i'm standing in front of you this morning. he replaced the store in 2006 without a backwater of all, only to install it with an additional cost after the system goes the first failure. we learned in 2010 that a bath water valve should have been installed at the time of replacement. this information along with puc respons

for the puc, not the city of san francisco. >> we are working on that right now. commissioner torres: you don't know how fortunate you are. >> of the city is expected to be going to the market pretty soon. they will expect to be getting news about their ratings and the next couple of days. commissioner torres: the conversations i have with the treasurer are very dees

exhibit q, per the request of the sf puc power division, we met extensively almost every day last week and substantially amended that agreement to ease the administration clarity so that the sf power staff understood how they were to monitor and evaluate each some middle under the applications. puc will also have the right to validate energy usage projections. if necessary, changes will be made to account for the puc's feedback. supervisor mar: puc does have to approve this, but we can still move forward and they can do that at a later time? >> thank you, supervisor. i consulted with charles sullivan. there are some additional changes that staff at puc power want to continue talking about. we intend to continue the dialogue with the city attorney, charles sullivan, to confirm that they could make them prior to the sf puc's approval and we plan to continue the dialogue. additional clarifications were made based on the feedback from finance staff. specifically, the biggest changes are monitoring and implementation of how the credits and the subsidies would be received. we want to make it

the puc will have the opportunity to review the infrastructure plans at a greater level of detail before discussion commences. you will see a compact development program. 300 acres of space are preserved. the entire island will be stabilized. there are setbacks to accommodate future sea level rises, and this allows for more efficient delivery of infrastructure systems. goothis as been going on for a g time. in 1997, the treasure island development authority was formed, and the development initiative was formed as well. they entered in a cooperative agreement with the navy. in 2001, the citizens of advisory board was formed. there have been over 275 public meetings to date. this is one of the most publicly vetted projects in the history of san francisco. since 2003, we have been working with them and their team of consultants as well as other city agencies that will have jurisdiction over the project. the term sheet included a draft infrastructure plan that formed the basis of the plan before you today. that plan was updated in 2010, and we went from 6000 units to the 8000 unit program th