vice president vietor: i have a question.e been having a problem understanding -- shut that thing off. >> sorry. vice president vietor: help me understand why we are acquiring this land. i mean, are we in the business to acquire lands for wildlife preserves ta? >> in this case, we are going to provide less than 10% of the funding for it to be protected long term, in perpetuity. our role is finite. hopefully, that deal will complete. we are providing some of the energy to make it happen. i think that it is in our long- term interest to do what we can to protect the lower as well as the upper river because of its ongoing relationship with the valley, the irrigation districts, and the resources in the valley. this is part of thatokz that we are. >> in 2006, the commission adopted a watershed improvement program and said we would spend $50 million over the next 10 years to look for sites like this and other things we could paçó that we may have a connection to remember. >> this is $2 million of 50. we do not end up acquiring it,

commissioner vietor. commissioner vietor: i just wanted to be clear. so power choice basically came together as almost like a broker, i don't know, maybe there is another word for it in the energy world where you're putting together a set of subcontractors to meet the specific tasks that are outlined. is that sort of correct? >> that's correct. commissioner vietor: you did that in advance for the bid four the marin energy authority. >> that's correct. commissioner vietor: are you going to be running that program as well? >> i do know, but, charles, has anything changed. nothing has changed in that bidding process. we did not win that bid. there is future opportunity. commissioner vietor: and so you're confident because of the high-ranking that you received that the subcontractors that you have reached out to will, indeed, and i guess this is partly a question for you and the p.u.c. staff as well and lafco even, that that team of subcontractors that you have identified will indeed be able to meet the objectives as outlined and really hit the targets tha

commissioner vietor: yes, and i do understand.a brief conversation about the status. >> we can do that at the next meeting. >> ok. president crowley: mike, can we do that? >> yes. president crowley: next item. clerk: all items under the consent calendar are considered to be routine and will be acted upon by a single vote, unless an item is requested to be separated. public -- to be separate. a, staff recommendations. this is for a memorandum of agreement with the city of san bruno. b, staff recommendation to approve an amendment to power enterprise project funded agreement, with no time necessary no time extension necessary, in order to continue to accommodate design projects to improve power system reliability and meet western electricity coordinating council and north american electric reliability corp. regulatory requirements. c, approving a water and a prize water system improvement program, with urs/soha jv, to provide additional engineering services for design, bid, awards, and construction support, necessary to address the

vice president vietor: here. commissioner caen may bee late and commissioner moran is excused for this meeting. president crowley: if there are no errors or omissions, a motion to accept the minutes of september 14, 2010. and the questions? -- any questions? all those in favor? the ayes have this. >> we have one speaker card for general public -- we now have three speaker cards for general public comment. the first card submitted was by mr. dacosta. commissioner caen: -- president crowley: the floor is yours, sir. >> my name is francisco dacosta. i want to talk about a few things. the first topic that interests me is clean water. the more i read about it and the more i attended the meetings and the more i reviewed the documents, i see that there is a real practical need of how to address waste of clean water, starting with city hall. it is not addressed directly. it is addressed indirectly through various other projects. but if we really want to follow empirical data, then we should have in the year 2010 the abil

vice president vietor: i do not. president crowley: all those in favor of moving nine a through c, signify by saying aye. >> we have no speaker cards on this item. president crowley: now we are on to regular business. >> item 10, presentation and discussion of a power rate setting up date and rate setting criteria. >> i am todd rydstrom. you have been to the rate setting process for many times. given the projected growth of the redevelopment area, especially treasure island as well as hunters point shipyard, we have undertaken construction as part of the budget a revenue requirement review of the power enterprise as well as a rate review. the charter also requires a price tier to be considered them for us to hire an independent consultant to review the cost of service as well as the rates and to bring them before you. today i have 14 brief slides i would like to walk you through. the most important part from the staff perspective is to hear from you if there is a particular criteria or rate design or creative policy

vice president vietor: that sounds great. my last piece -- on the future developments, i would like to see something on distributor generation and where that could get us if we look at development coming on line as we move toward shutdown of our plants and any kind of distribution opportunities throughout the city, if that would affect our right. -- our rate. not to give you any more work to do. thank you. commissioner moran: how does this effort relate to the cca process we are going through? >> this is specifically what is not in mthe cca. this is everything else we do now currently. the cca is a unique stand-alone entity that would be reviewed and prices set and proposals reviewed based upon its own procurement of power in the marketplace of whatever level it is adopted. commissioner moran: this is where we really are as a power provider. cca is the generation. this happens at hunters point, this happens in treasure island. cca is the distributor, they do all of the work. >> the interface would be in those circumstances wh

vice president vietor: in november -- on the november ballot? >> yes, it is. president crowley: anything that needs to be received? commissioner moran: there were several things distributed with the agenda binder that are in essence staff reports that were not listed. they in some cases were pretty important and significant stuff. i am suggesting that they should be. >> a number of them were received at the end of the week. there were sent out immediately. those show up on the next -- but what i can do is start bringing amended ledger summary is that the show everything that has been updated. those will show up on the next report. commissioner moran: what confuses me on that is they were distributed to us, and i figured if there were timely to be distributed to us there were timely to be posted. >> i will do an amended versions of this so everything sent out to you is listed at the meetings with a matching list. some things come in at the end and roll over to the next meeting. commissioner moran: just to point out -- there was a wsip annual project report that

vice president vietor: we can share it. >> we have no public speaker cards.nt crowley: let us move to adopt a team. all those in favor? çó+++r"= possible action authorizing the general manager of the san francisco public utilities commission to execute an employment contract with harlan kelly, assistant general manager for infrastructure, on behalf of the city and county of san francisco. documents have been and are on file. president crowley: item 19, we have no speaker cards. any questions from anybody before we go? properly moved and properly seconded. all those in favor, please signify by saying aye. the ayes have it. >> the next session is hour closed session item. if you would assert a motion to attorney-client privilege, i will read the items and then we can go into closed session. president crowley: any public comment on anything in closed session? hearing and seeing none, a motion is before us. it has been moved and seconded. the ayes have it. >> item 22 -- threat to public services and facilities pursuant to5ió the california government code. item 2

commissioner vietor: i do not know if you need a resolution, but i would like to talk about the lettero write a letter supporting the legislation, either at the state currently or with compliance. >> there is the letter that the general manager submitted, so we are -- commissioner vietor: a resolution of some such, i think it would be good. do we need a motion on this? uh-huh. president crowley: i think we should move item 10. do we need a resolution on that? clerk: we do not need to have that in order for the puc. president crowley: then i would just move the resolution. before we close this debate -- clerk: we have no speaker cards. president crowley: seeing that there is no public comment, all of those in favor, say aye. next item, please. clerk: by a number 11, a discussion and possible action to approve a san francisco operations and maintenance plan for the san francisco sewer water system to address sanitary sewer overflows, which applies only to be approximately 1 mile of sanitary sewage-only surprise in san francisco. -- pipes in san francisco. >> good afternoon, commissioners

commissioner vietor: could i ask a question? >> the difference, 15.5%. 31% gap that could be made up. . we have limited that to 15.5%. >commissione: that means -- >> that is a number. they are of percentages. it is the 51% we're looking for in total. the 20% is gone. what is best left -- half of the remaining part can be used for this. that goes to 33%. vÑiat that point, you are down o only 18%. that is a shrinking portion. commissioner vietor: and will there be a consideration for bids that have lower -- >> yes, the designation clearly states that a portfolio with more will get less. >> and the trade-off is costs. if we can get that. commissioner

commissioner vietor. commissioner vietor: i have a question about the projects you have already developed and talk about some of the bigger ones are. you said in san francisco, billions of dollars developed in san francisco and around the world. if you could talk about san francisco and maybe globally as well and maybe a little bit about, i don't know if i'm overruled again, but some of the ideas for additional projects that you might bring online. >> so in our response, five or six of our subcontractors are developers that have local and global experience. speaking locally, real energy l.l.c. is a developer that has successfully developed and partnered with clients such as calpers, california department of resources to develop on top of downtown office properties. so when, in working with them, i definitely want to draw upon their expertise in working within the city and the

vice president vietor: well, that would be great to come back with that. i think it is important just to have a conversation. thank you. commissioner: so the grey box is attached to the meter? >> the bottom, not the cover. commissioner: so why could they not just pull off? >> they could just pull off. that would be useful. if we found there was not a signal, we could that can read it manually. the meter itself records. that will not change. it would cost money to get us meters modified, to take that feature off. >> what is automated is the reporting, not necessarily the meter. that is the difference, i think. >> i suspect the transmitter is somewhat water -- you know -- what is the word and looking for? >> watertight. water-resistant. >> that is it. >> colleagues, and the questions? ok, hearing and seeing none, any public comment? >> we have one speaker card. commissioner crowley: 90. -- thank you. >> i was almost asleep, but he will bring up when he said good faith effort. weave been talking for the last year-and-a-half. good faith effort does not mean jo

vice president vietor: well, that would be great to come back with that.k it is important just to have a conversation. thank you. commissioner: so the grey box is attached to the meter? >> the bottom,