AGENDA ITEM
Public Utilities Commission
City and County of San Francisco
DEPARTMENT General Manager AGENDA NO. 10a
MEETING DATE May 24, 2022
Approve Appointment to San Joaquin Tributaries Authority Commission: Consent Calendar
Approve Appointment to San Joaquin Tributaries Authority Commission
Summary of
Proposed
Commission Action:
Approve appointment of Commissioner Newsha Ajami to serve as an Alternate Commissioner on the San Joaquin Tributaries Authority Commission.
Background: The City and County of San Francisco, the Merced Irrigation District, Modesto Irrigation District, Oakdale Irrigation District, South San Joaquin Irrigation District, and the Turlock Irrigation District are political subdivisions of the State of California that hold various water rights, including pre-1914 rights of appropriative, riparian, senior appropriative, and/or contractual water rights on rivers and streams tributary to the San Joaquin River. On April 24, 2012, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC), as the policy body of the City and County of San Francisco charged with exclu sive authority over San Francisco's water rights and supplies, authorized the President of the SFPUC to execute a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) to establish the San Joaquin Tributaries Authority (SJTA).
The purpose of the SJTA is to develop and facilitate an environment in which member agencies are able to provide water for Bay-Delta and San Joaquin River flow objectives or requirements in an efficient manner at a reasonable cost, ensure long term reliability of the systems, and work with other governmental and public agencies to promote the common welfare of the landowners and water users served by SJTA Members.
Under Article 6 of the SJTA JPA, the SJTA shall be governed by a Commission consisting of one Commissioner representing each Member. Each Commissioner must be appointed by one of the Members and sit on the Governing Board of the appointing Member.
Additionally, each Member shall appoint one Alternate Commissioner who also must sit on the Governing Board of the appointing APPROVAL:
COMMISSION
SECRETARY
Donna Hood
Approve Appointment to San Joaquin Tributaries Authority Commission Commission Meeting Date: May 24, 2022
Member.
On October 23, 2021, by Resolution No. 12-0193, the SFPUC appointed Commissioner Anson Moran to represent the SFPUC and to serve on the SJTA. The SFPUC Alternate Commissioner position is currently open.
Result of Inaction: A delay in authorizing this Resolution will result in a delay in the appointment of an alternate representative of the SFPUC to the SJTA Commission.
Schedule: Commissioners and Alternate Commissioners shall serve at the pleasure of their appointing Member’s Governing Board and may be removed or replaced at any time.
Recommendation: SFPUC staff recommends that the Commission adopt the attached resolution.
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
City and County of San Francisco
RESOLUTION NO.
WHEREAS, The City and County of San Francisco, the Merced Irrigation District, Modesto Irrigation District, Oakdale Irrigation District, South San Joaquin Irrigation District, and the Turlock Irrigation District are political subdivisions of the State of California that hold various water rights, including pre -1914 rights of appropriati ve, riparian, senior appropriative , and/or contractual water rights on rivers and streams tributary to the San Joaquin River; and WHEREAS, On April 24, 2012, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC), as the policy body of the City and County of San Francisco charged with exclusive authority over San Francisco's water rights and supplies, authorized the President of the SFPUC to execute a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) to establish the San Joaquin Tributaries Authority (\SJTA), a joint powers authority to develop and facilitate an environment in which member agencies are able to provide water for Bay- Delta and San Joaquin River flow objectives or requirements in an efficient manner at a reasonable cost, ensure long term reliability of the systems, and work with other governmental and public agencies to promote the common welfare of the landowners and water users served by SJTA Members; and WHEREAS, Under Article 6 of the SJTA JPA, the SJTA shall be governed by a Commission consisting of one Commissioner representing each Member; and WHEREAS, Each Commissioner must be appointed by one of the Members and sit on the Governing Board of the appointing Member; and
WHEREAS, On October 23, 2021, by Resolution No. 12- 0193, the SFPUC appointed Commissioner Anson Moran to represent the SFPUC and to serve on the SJTA; and WHEREAS, Each Member shall appoint one Alternate Commissioner who also must sit on the Governing Board of the appointing Member; and
WHEREAS, Commissioners and Alternate Commissioners shall serve at the pleasure of their appointing Member’s Governing Board and may be removed or replaced at any time; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Commission hereby appoints Commissioner Newsha Ajami to serve as an Alternate Commissioner on the San Joaquin Tributaries Authority Commission.
I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was adopted by the Public Utilities Commission at its meeting of May 24, 2022.
Secretary, Public Utilities Commission