SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
City and County of San Francisco
London N. Breed
Mayor
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
1:30 PM
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
City Hall, Room 400
San Francisco, CA 94102
This meeting will be held in person at the location listed above. As authorized by California Government Code Section 54953(e) and Mayor Breed’s 45th Supplement to her February 25, 2020 emergency proclamation, it is possible that some members of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission may attend this meeting remotely. In that event, those members will participate and vote by video. Members of the public may attend the meeting to observe and provide public comment at the physical meeting location listed above or may watch live online at https://www.sfgovtv.org/sfpuc
Instructions for providing remote public comment are below PUBLIC COMMENT CALL-IN:
1 (415) 655-0001 / MEETING ID: 2482 595 7650 # #
Commissioners
Anson Moran, President
Newsha Ajami, Vice President
Sophie Maxwell
Tim Paulson
Dennis J. Herrera
General Manager
Donna Hood
Secretary
Accessible Meeting Policy: To obtain meeting materials in alternative format, please contact the Commission Secretary at 415-554-3165 or via email at [email protected]. Providing at least 72 hours’ notice will help to ensure availability.
Written reports or background materials for calendar items are available on-line at the Commission website.
Know Your Rights Under the Sunshine Ordinance: Government's duty is to serve the public, reaching its decision in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people's business. This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people's review. For more information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact Administrator, by mail to Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco, CA 94102.4689; by phone at 554.7724; by fax at 554.7854; or by email at [email protected]. Copies of the Sunshine Ordinance can be obtained from the Clerk of the Sunshine Task Force, the San Francisco Public Library and on the City’s website at http://www.sfgov.org.
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CEQA Appeal Rights under Chapter 31 of the San Francisco Administrative Code: If the Commission’s action on a project constitutes the Approval Action for that project (as defined in S.F. Administrative Code Chapter 31, as amended, Board of Supervisors Ordinance Number 161-13), then the CEQA determination prepared in support of that Approval Action is thereafter subject to appeal within the time frame specified in S.F. Administrative Code Section 31.16.
Typically, an appeal must be filed within 30 calendar days of the Approval Action for a project that has received an exemption or negative declaration pursuant to CEQA. For information on filing an appeal under Chapter 31, contact the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors at City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco, CA 94102, or call (415) 554-5184. If the Planning Department’s Environmental Review Officer has deemed a project to be exempt from further environmental review, an exemption determination has been prepared and can be obtained on-line at http://www.sf-planning.org/index.aspx?page=3447.Under CEQA, in a later court challenge, a litigant may be limited to raising only those issues previously raised at a hearing on the project or in written correspondence delivered to the Board of Supervisors, Planning Commission, Planning Department or San Francisco Public Utilities Commission at, or prior to, such hearing, or as part of the appeal hearing process on the CEQA decision.
ORDER OF BUSINESS
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Adopt renewed findings under State Urgency Legislation to allow hybrid in-person meetings during the COVID-19 Emergency and direct the Commission Secretary to agendize a similar resolution at a Commission Meeting within the next 30 days.
4. Approval of the Minutes of March 8, 2022
5. General Public Comment
Members of the public may address the Commission on matters that are within the Commission’s jurisdiction and are not on today’s agenda
6. Communications (discussion only)
a) Advance Calendar
b) Contract Advertisement Report
c) Correspondence Log
d) Responses to Board of Supervisors per Ordinance 155-21 i. District-Scale Water Reuse Memorandum
ii. Water Heating System Memorandum
e) Water Pipeline Assessment
7. Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency Update (discussion only) (Sandkulla)
8. Report of the General Manager (discussion only)
a) Drought Conditions Update
b) Drought Surcharge Update
c) Hetch Hetchy Capital Improvement Program Quarterly Report d) Wastewater Enterprise Quarterly Report Including Southeast Area Major Projects (1) Biosolids, (2) Headworks, and (3) 1550 Evans Southeast Community Center e) Report on Recent San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Activities, Events and Announcements
9. New Commission Business (discussion only)
10. CONSENT CALENDAR
a) Accept work performed by Buhler Construction for Contract No. WD-2854A - 525 Golden Gate Avenue Roof Access and Fall Protection with a final contract amount of $578,466, and a final contract duration of 595 consecutive calendar days (approximately one year and eight months); and authorize final payment to the contractor. (Johanson)
b) Approve an increase of 210 calendar days to the construction duration contingency for Contract No. WW-667, Mariposa Dry Weather Pump Station Improvements with Western Water Constructors, Inc.; and authorize the General Manager to approve future modifications to the contract for a total contract duration of up to 1,350 consecutive calendar days (approximately three years and nine months), with no change to contract amount. (Johanson)
REGULAR CALENDAR
11. Approve the plans and specifications, and award Contract No. WW-675, 5th/18th/ Upper Larkin Street Sewer Inspection, in the amount of $1,998,336 and with a duration of 150 consecutive calendar days to the responsible bidder submitting the lowest responsive bid, Pipe and Plant Solutions, Inc., to inspect the existing sewers at the subject locations within the City and County of San Francisco. (Johanson)
12. Approve modification of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s Green Infrastructure Grant Program Guidelines to reflect compliance with the City Administrative Code Chapter 21G; revise grant team experience and co-benefit eligibility criteria; increase cap on planning and design costs; and revise other program requirements. (Norby)
13. Authorize the General Manager to execute an Installment Sale Agreement to secure a Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Loan for the Water Enterprise Mountain Tunnel Improvements Project in an amount not-to-exceed $238,218,951; and authorize the General Manager to execute a cost sharing agreement with the Power Enterprise. (Perl)
14. Authorize the General Manager to negotiate with qualified contractors for Contract No. PW-009R, As-Needed Electrical Distribution Installation and Construction Support, in accordance with San Francisco Administrative Code Section 6.23(c)(1). The contract will provide for augmentation of Power Enterprise Field Services staff to improve the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s capacity to respond to emergency outages and to improve system reliability. Upon successfully completing negotiations, the General Manager will return to the Commission to recommend award of the contract. (Hale)
15. Public comment on matters to be addressed during Closed Session.
16. Motion on whether to assert the attorney-client privilege regarding the matters listed below as Conference with Legal Counsel.
The Commission will go into Closed Session to discuss the following item:
CLOSED SESSION
17. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL regarding existing litigation as plaintiff/ petitioner (Government Code §54956.9, Administrative Code §67.10(d)(1)): In the Matter of Initial Orders Imposing Water Right Curtailment and Reporting Requirements in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Watershed on Water Right Nos. S002635, S002636, S002638, S002637, S014379, S015858, S018734, and S018735 (State Water Resources Control Board Administrative Proceeding); San Joaquin Tributaries Authority v. State Water Resources Control Board (Fresno County Superior Court Case No. 21CECG02632), filed September 2, 2021; City and County of San Francisco v.
California State Water Resources Control Board, et al. (Tuolumne County Superior Court Case No. CV 63828), date filed May 14, 2021; San Joaquin Tributaries Authority, et al. v. California State Water Resources Control Board (Tuolumne County Superior Court Case No. CV 62094), date filed January 10, 2019, coordinated as State Water Board Cases by order filed May 13, 2019 in Sacramento Superior Court, Judicial Counsel Coordinated Proceeding No. 5013. (discussion only) Following Closed Session, the Commission will reconvene in Open Session
18. Announcement following Closed Session.
19. Motion regarding whether to disclose the discussions during Closed Session pursuant to San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.12(a).
20. Adjournment.
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
525 Golden Gate Avenue, 13TH Floor
San Francisco, CA 94102