SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
City and County of San Francisco
London N. Breed
Mayor
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, July 12, 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: 2492 185 4750 # #
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 June 28, 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) CleanPowerSF Quarterly Report
e) Quarterly Report on Contracts Awarded by the General Manager Pursuant to Delegated Authority
f) Quarterly Status Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors per Resolution No. 227-18, Report on Connections to PG&E Grid and Related Disputes g) Water Enterprise and Finance Bureau Water Demand Projections
7. Report of the General Manager (discussion only)
a) Drought Conditions Update
b) California Public Utilities Commission Ruling on PG&E Electric Grid Valuation c) Report on Recent San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Activities, Events and Announcements
8. New Commission Business (discussion only)
9. CONSENT CALENDAR
a) Adopt a resolution extending the term limit of the SuperGreen Multi-Year Electricity Service Agreement to up to 10 years from the current limit of five years. The 10-year term allows CleanPowerSF SuperGreen customers to claim credit for 100% renewable energy under the new requirements of the U.S. Green Building Council. (Hale)
b) Approve the plans and specifications, and award Contract No. WD-2887, Harry Tracy Water Treatment Plant – Filter Nos. 1 to 6 Underdrain Replacement, in the amount of $9,264,300, and with a duration of 425 consecutive calendar days (approximately one year and two months), to the responsible bidder submitting the lowest responsive bid, Anvil Builders Inc. (Robinson)
c) Accept work performed by L C General Engineering & Construction, Inc. for Contract No. WW-569, Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant & Bruce Flynn Pump Station Fire Alarm System Upgrades; and authorize final payment to the contractor. (Robinson)
d) Accept work performed by Trinet Construction, Inc., under Contract No. WW-702R, Jackson, Griffith, and Pierce Streets Combined Sewer Discharge Rehabilitation and Backflow Prevention; approve Modification No. 1 (Final), increasing the contract amount by $81,517, for a total contract amount of $3,967,817, and increasing the contract duration by 135 consecutive calendar days, for a total contract duration of 595 consecutive calendar days (approximately one year and eight months); and authorize final payment to the contractor. (Robinson)
e) Accept work performed by Trinet Construction, Inc. under Contract No. WW-706, Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant Egg-Shaped Digester Interior Liner Rehabilitation; approve Modification No. 2 (Final), increasing the contract by $20,607 for a total contract amount of, $2,689,318, and decreasing the contract duration by 98 consecutive calendar days, for a total contract duration of 622 consecutive calendar days (approximately one year and nine months); and authorize final payment to the contractor. (Robinson)
REGULAR CALENDAR
10. Approve a form revised Master License for Outdoor Distributed Antenna System Pole Installation (Revised Master License) for placement of pole-mounted wireless facilities on streetlight poles owned by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission; and delegate authority to the General Manager to execute the Revised Master License and Pole License agreements allowing wireless telecommunications companies to install wireless facilities on SFPUC poles; and authorize the General Manager to seek Board of Supervisors approval of the Revised Master License. The City has reached final agreements with five companies: ATT, Verizon, T-Mobile, ExteNet, and Mobilitie. (Hale)
11. Adopt findings declaring as surplus to the utility needs of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission pursuant to Charter Section 8B.121 and as “surplus land” and “exempt surplus land” under the California Surplus Land Act approximately 21,651 square feet of underused, unimproved agricultural property designated as a portion of SFPUC Parcel No. 57 and also designated as portions of Assessor Parcel Nos. 507-761-2-4 and 507-761-2-5, located in an unincorporated area of Alameda County owned by the City and County of San Francisco, under the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission; recommend to the Board of Supervisors the approval of the Agreement for Sale of Real Estate and Temporary Construction Easements with the State of California Department of Transportation for the sale and purchase of approximately 21,651 square feet of unimproved land in fee and approximately 33,758 square feet of temporary construction easement interests in SFPUC Parcel No. 57 for a total purchase price of $24,528; authorize the City’s Director of Real Property and/or the SFPUC General Manager to execute deeds conveying fee and easement interests in the Property to Caltrans; and authorize the General Manager to execute the Agreement upon approval from the Board of Supervisors and Mayor. (Flynn)
12. Determine that, subject to environmental review and necessary governmental approvals, limited shoreline fishing by the public can occur without affecting the purity and safety for drinking and domestic purposes of the water collected in Calaveras Reservoir; and authorize the General Manager to (a) develop the terms and conditions of a proposed fishing program at Calaveras Reservoir; (b) obtain the City Planning Department’s review of that program under the California Environmental Quality Act; (c) request an amendment to the drinking water permit from the State’s Office of Drinking Water; and (d) present to this Commission proposed amendments to the 2000 Alameda Watershed Management Plan to allow limited public shoreline fishing. (Ritchie)
13. Adjournment
SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
City and County of San Francisco
London N. Breed
Mayor
CANCELLATION NOTICE
The SFPUC REGULAR MEETING FOR
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
1:30 PM
HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Commissioners
Anson Moran, President
Newsha Ajami, Vice President
Sophie Maxwell
Tim Paulson
Dennis J. Herrera
General Manager
Donna Hood
Secretary
SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
City and County of San Francisco
London N. Breed
Mayor
CANCELLATION NOTICE
The SFPUC REGULAR MEETING FOR
Tuesday, August 9, 2022
1:30 PM
HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Commissioners
Anson Moran, President
Newsha Ajami, Vice President
Sophie Maxwell
Tim Paulson
Dennis J. Herrera
General Manager
Donna Hood
Secretary
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
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