SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
City and County of San Francisco
London N. Breed
Mayor
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, May 24, 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: 2480 482 7144 # #
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.
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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 May 10, 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) Annual Hetch Hetchy Power and CleanPowerSF Power Source Disclosure Report e) OneWaterSF 2020 Brochure
f) Water System Improvement Program Status of Construction Change Orders
7. Bay Area Water Conservation Agency Update (discussion only) (Sandkulla)
8. Report of the General Manager (discussion only)
a) Drought Conditions Update
b) Quarterly Audit and Performance Review Report
c) Quarterly Budget Status Report
d) Water Enterprise Capital Improvement Program Quarterly Reports e) Water System Improvement Program Quarterly Report
f) Report on Recent San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Activities, Events and Announcements
9. New Commission Business (discussion only)
10. CONSENT CALENDAR
a) Approve appointment of Commissioner Newsha Ajami to serve as an Alternate Commissioner on the San Joaquin Tributaries Authority Commission. (Moran)
b) Award Job Order Contract No. JOC-88, General Engineering (A-License) Construction San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Alameda Counties, for a total contract amount not-to-exceed $5,000,000 with a guaranteed minimum opportunity amount of $50,000 and a duration of two years, to the responsible bidder that submitted the lowest responsive bid, A. Teichert & Son, Inc., dba Teichert Construction. (Johanson)
c) Approve an increase of $2,700,000 to the contract cost contingency and an increase of 74 calendar days to Contract No. WW-682R, Southeast Community Center at 1550 Evans; and authorize the General Manager to approve future modifications to the contract for a total contract amount of up to $87,140,142 and a total contract duration of up to 1,346 consecutive calendar days (approximately three years and eight months). (Johanson)
REGULAR CALENDAR
11. Public Hearing to consider the adoption of schedules of rates, fees, and charges of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Power Enterprise for CleanPowerSF power service in San Francisco to be effective on or after July 1, 2022. This action constitutes the Approval Action for the project for the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 31.04(h) of the San Francisco Administrative Code. The Planning Department has determined that this action is exempt from the CEQA. If the item is approved, the Commission will rely on that determination to make its decision. (Perl)
12. Public Hearing to consider the adoption of rates of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Power Enterprise for Hetch Hetchy Power service to be effective with meter readings beginning on or after July 1, 2022 and July 1, 2023.
This action constitutes the Approval Action for the project for the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 31.04(h) of the San Francisco Administrative Code. The Planning Department has determined that this action is exempt from the CEQA. If the item is approved, the Commission will rely on that determination to make its decision. (Perl)
13. Approve the terms and conditions of and authorize the General Manager to execute a lease between the City and County of San Francisco (City), through its Public Utilities Commission, as landlord, and Hungry Kitchens, LLC, a California limited liability company as tenant, for a five-year term, to use approximately 322 square feet of ground floor retail and storage space plus non-exclusive use of common space for seating at the new Southeast Community Center at 1550 Evans Avenue in San Francisco for an annual $8,400 rent plus three percent annual rent increases, and with a lease term of five years subject to City’s right to terminate after the second year of the lease term. (Carlin)
14. Approve and recommend to the Board of Supervisors the conditional termination of certain sewer and water easements encumbering San Francisco Blocks 7332, 7333, 7333A, and 7333B located within Parkmerced near Lake Merced Boulevard and Brotherhood Way; approve the terms and conditions of an Interim Easement Agreement and upon approval by the Board of Supervisors; and authorize the City’s Director of Property and/or the SFPUC General Manager to execute the Interim Easement Agreement and certain quitclaim deeds, transferring the City and County of San Francisco’s interests in the easements to Parkmerced Owner LLC. (Carlin)
15. Public hearing, discussion, and possible action to adopt a systemwide water use reduction of 11% compared to baseline water use during Fiscal Year 2019-2020, a systemwide reduction associated with Shortage Level 2 of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP), in alignment with State requirements. The reduction would be effective July 1, 2022. This systemwide reduction is a 1% increase from the existing 10% systemwide reduction that the SFPUC adopted when it declared the Water Shortage Emergency on November 23, 2021 by Resolution No. 21-0177. (Ritchie)
16. Approve two credit facility agreements for the Interim Funding Program of the Wastewater Enterprise in the form of (1) Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement and Fee Agreement with TD Bank NA for a term of five years; and (2) First Amendment to Reimbursement Agreement and Letter of Credit and First Amended and Restated Fee Letter with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) each for a term of five years; and authorize the General Manager to enter into these associated agreements. (Perl)
17. Approve Amendment No. 4 to Contract No. CS-109, Specialized Engineering Services, Recycled Water Projects, with Kennedy Jenks Consultants, Inc./Bahman Sheikh Water Reuse Consulting/Water Resources Engineering, Inc., a Joint Venture, which increases the contract duration by 18 months for a total duration of 13 years and six months, with no change to the contract amount; and authorize the General Manager to execute Amendment No. 4. (Johanson)
18. Approve the plans and specifications, and award Contract No. HH-1007, Transmission Line 7/8 Upgrades, in the amount of $23,980,141, and with a duration of 668 consecutive calendar days (approximately one year and 10 months), to the responsible bidder that submitted the lowest responsive bid, Wilson Utility Construction Company, to upgrade existing conductors and modify existing towers along Transmission Line 7/8 to accommodate additional transmission power flows and mitigate clearance hazards. (Ritchie)
19. Adjournment
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