SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
City and County of San Francisco
London N. Breed
Mayor
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, September 27, 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: 2486 804 5761 # #
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 September 13, 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) 2009 Water Supply Agreement Update
e) CleanPowerSF Integrated Resource Plan Outreach
f) Final Changes to FY 2022-23 and FY 2023-24 Operating and Capital Budgets Since Commission Adoption
g) Water Pipeline Assessment
7. Retirement Recognition of SFPUC Employees for their Distinguished Service (discussion only) (Herrera)
o Sarah Blain for 26 years of exemplary service to the SFPUC o Leonid Vaynshteyn for 26 years of exemplary service to the SFPUC o Colin Reilly for 33 years of exemplary service to the SFPUC o Petronila Torres for 33 years of exemplary service to the SFPUC o Virginia Sarmiento for 31 years of exemplary service to the SFPUC
8. Recognition of Anson Moran for his distinguished service to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (discussion only) (Herrera)
9. Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency Update (discussion only) (Sandkulla)
10. Report of the General Manager (discussion only)
a) Drought Conditions Update
b) Retail Drought Response Framework Overview
c) Capital Financing Plan FY 2023
d) Report on Recent San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Activities, Events and Announcements
11. New Commission Business (discussion only)
12. CONSENT CALENDAR
a) Approve an increase of $600,000 to the Contract cost contingency for Contract No. HH-1003R, Moccasin Powerhouse Generator Step Up Transformer Installation, with Big Valley Electric, to accommodate differing field conditions, address design revisions, and fund additional hazardous material abatement; and authorize the General Manager to approve future modifications to the Contract for a total Contract amount of up to $4,253,575, with no change to Contract duration. (Robinson)
b) Approve Amendment No. 2 to Contract No. PRO.0053.B, Specialized Technical Infrastructure Contractor Capacity Development, with Merriwether & Williams Insurance Services, Inc., to extend the contract duration by eight months with no change to the Contract amount, as the work was interrupted as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; and authorize the General Manager to execute Amendment No. 2. (Robinson)
c) Approve an increase of 370 calendar days to the construction duration contingency for Contract No. WD-2776, San Francisco Westside Recycled Water Treatment Facility at Oceanside Plant, with S.J. Amoroso Construction Co., Inc. to address on-going schedule impacts due to COVID-related delays in material deliveries, changes in the development of the treatment facility process control and instrumentation system, and to provide sufficient contingency to address unanticipated changes through the remainder of the construction effort; and authorize the General Manager to approve future modifications to the Contract for a total Contract duration of up to 2,180 consecutive calendar days (approximately six years), with no change to the Contract amount. (Robinson)
REGULAR CALENDAR
13. Amend Section F (Water Efficient Irrigation) of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Rules and Regulations Governing Water Service to Customers to require the use of organic mulch to meet organic waste reduction requirements in the regulations implementing Senate Bill 1383. (Ritchie)
14. Authorize the General Manager to execute a Memorandum of Agreement with the City of San Jose and the City of Santa Clara for the preparation of a Feasibility Study for the potential South Bay Purified Water Project, with a duration of 12 months and an amount not-to-exceed $100,000. (Ritchie)
15. Authorize the General Manager to execute a Memorandum of Agreement with Silicon Valley Clean Water, Bay Area Water Supply & Conservation Agency, California Water Service Company, Mid-Peninsula Water District, City of Redwood City, and City of San Mateo for the preparation of a Basis of Design Report for the potential San Francisco-Peninsula Regional Purewater Project, with a duration of 27 months, terminating on December 31, 2024, for an amount not-to-exceed $515,000. (Ritchie)
16. Public comment on the matter to be addressed during Closed Session.
17. Motion on whether to assert the attorney-client privilege regarding the matter listed below as Conference with Legal Counsel.
The Commission will go into Closed Session to discuss the following item:
CLOSED SESSION
18. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL regarding existing litigation (Government Code §54956.9, Administrative Code §67.10(d)(1)): (Bregman) Victor Jimenez v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.
San Francisco Superior Court No. CGC-21-593613
Date Filed: July 20, 2021
Proposed settlement of a personal injury claim in the amount of $100,000. Action to approve settlement subject to final approval by the Board of Supervisors Following Closed Session, the Commission will reconvene in Open Session
19. Announcement following Closed Session.
20. Motion regarding whether to disclose the discussions during Closed Session pursuant to San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.12(a).
21. Adjournment
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