SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
City and County of San Francisco
London N. Breed
Mayor
SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA
Monday, October 24, 2022
1:30 PM
NOTE DIFFERENT ROOM LOCATION
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
City Hall, Room 416
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: 2490 474 7569 # #
Commissioners
Newsha Ajami, Vice President
Sophie Maxwell
Tim Paulson
Tony Rivera
Kate Stacy
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. Annual Election of Officers: Discussion and possible action to elect a President and Vice President of the Commission, each to serve a one-year term, as per the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Rules of Order, Rule No. 6.
4. 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.
5. Approval of the Minutes of September 27, 2022 and October 11, 2022
6. 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
7. Communications (discussion only)
a) Advance Calendar
b) Contract Advertisement Report
c) Correspondence Log
d) Annual Report on the Low Carbon Fuel Standard Credit Sales Fund e) Annual Multi-Enterprise Climate Program Update
f) Green Infrastructure Grant Program: Board of Supervisors Update g) Quarterly Report to the Board of Supervisors on Connection to PG&E Grid and Related Disputes
h) Update on Lower Tuolumne River Pilot Habitat Restoration Projects
8. Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency Update (discussion only) (Sandkulla)
9. Report of the General Manager (discussion only)
a) Drought Conditions Update
b) Drought Public Outreach Summary
c) Annual Policy and Government Affairs Update
d) Report on Recent San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Activities, Events and Announcements
10.New Commission Business (discussion only)
11.CONSENT CALENDAR
a) Authorize the General Manager to extend the duration of the Cooperative Agreement between the SFPUC and The Energy Council for CleanPowerSF’s participation in the Bay Area Regional Heat Pump Water Heater Contractor Incentive Program by 27 months, for a total duration of three years and one month, with no change to the previously approved not-to-exceed budget of $450,000. (Hale)
b) Approve a $410,000 increase to the contract cost contingency, and a 100 calendar-day increase to the contract duration contingency, for Contract No. WD-2811, 8- Inch and 16-Inch Ductile Iron Water Main Replacement on 17th Street from Clayton Street to Douglass Street and Various Side Streets to perform additional curb ramp and pavement restoration work, increase the number of water service screw taps and air valves, remove and dispose of roadbase thicker than standard, assist City crews with night work, and repair a leaking water main; and authorize the General Manager to approve future modifications to the contract for a total contract amount of up to $7,340,345 and a total contract duration of up to 952 consecutive calendar days (approximately two years and seven months). (Robinson) c) Approve the plans and specifications, and award Contract No. WD-2845, Cathodic Protection for Transmission Pipelines at Various Locations, Phase 2, in the amount of $3,274,441, and with a duration of 730 consecutive calendar days (two years), to the responsible bidder that submitted the lowest responsive bid, EXARO Technologies Corporation, to install cathodic protection to protect pipes from corrosion at various locations within the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission water transmission system. 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. (Robinson)
d) Accept work performed by Precision Engineering, Inc., for Contract No. WW-655, As-Needed Main Sewer Replacement No. 7; Approve Modification No. 4 (Final), decreasing the contract by $425,808, for a total contract amount of $6,949,307, with no change to the contract duration; and authorize final payment to the contractor. (Robinson)
e) Accept work performed by J. Flores Construction Company, Inc., for Contract No.
WW-686, As-Needed Spot Sewer Replacement No. 38, for a total contract amount of $13,808,733, and with a total contract duration of 535 consecutive calendar days (approximately one year and six months); and authorize final payment to the Contractor. (Robinson)
f) Accept work performed by JMB Construction Inc., for Contract No. WW-696, Cargo Way Flush Line, for a total contract amount of $4,671,834, and with a total contract duration of 652 consecutive calendar days (approximately one year and 10 months); and authorize final payment to the Contractor. (Robinson)
REGULAR CALENDAR
12. Authorize the SFPUC’s Social Impact Partnership (SIP) program, and request that the General Manager (a) seek formal authorization of the SIP program from the Board of Supervisors by ordinance with the proposed program parameters in Attachment A; (b) develop formal rules and regulations for the SIP program to ensure the transparent and accountable implementation and enforcement of the SIP program; and (c) staff the SIP program to effectively implement the Program. (Ordikhani)
13. Approve Modification No. 5 to Contract No. WW-628, Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant New Headworks Facility, with Sundt-Walsh Joint Venture, a Construction Manager/General Contractor agreement, increasing the contract amount by $58,572,067, for a total contract amount of $548,823,816; Approve a decrease to the contract cost contingency for a total contract cost contingency amount of $6,556,359, to reflect recent bids and ongoing changes to market conditions; and authorize the General Manager to approve future modifications to the contract for a total contract amount of up to $555,380,175, with no change to contract duration, in alignment with the current New Headworks approved budget. (Robinson)
14. Approve CleanPowerSF’s 2022 Integrated Resource Plan Compliance Filing and authorize the General Manager to submit the final IRP Compliance Filing to the California Public Utilities Commission by the November 1, 2022 deadline. (Hale)
15. Approve the Water Supply Assessment for the proposed 3251 20th Avenue (Stonestown) Project, pursuant to California Water Code Section 10910 et seq., California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Section 21151.9, and CEQA Guidelines Section 15155. (Ritchie)
16. Approve the terms and conditions and recommend to the Board of Supervisors the approval of a five-year Site Use Agreement (Agreement), including four, five-year extension options between VB Nimbus, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as owner and the City and County of San Francisco, through its San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, as tenant, to use (i) approximately 345 square feet of ground space and (ii) certain space on an existing radio tower at 32322 S Corral Hollow Road in Tracy, California, for the installation, operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement of radio equipment for the SFPUC Water Enterprise Radio Replacement Project, at an initial monthly use fee of $2,500 ($30,000 per year) with three-percent annual increases; and authorize the General Manager to execute the Site Use Agreement, upon approval from the Board of Supervisors and Mayor. 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. (Flynn)
17. Approve and adopt the General Manager’s finding that Lenel OnGuard® and Milestone XProtect® security system products are sole source products available from single sources that are necessary to match existing products used in SFPUC facilities; and authorize the General Manager to designate Lenel OnGuard® and Milestone XProtect® security systems and equipment in contract specifications as sole source products in public works contract specifications for public works project procurements in conformance with San Francisco Administrative Code Section 6.73(e)(1) and Public Contract Code Section 3400(c). (Flynn)
18. Approve the plans and specifications, and award Contract No. DB-132, New Treasure Island Wastewater Treatment Plant, in the amount of $165,032,269, and with a duration of 1,095 consecutive calendar days (approximately three years), to the sole, qualified, responsible, and responsive bidder, PCL Construction & Stantec Consulting Services Joint Venture, in accordance with San Francisco Administrative Code Section
6.23(c)(3), to design and construct the new Treasure Island Wastewater Treatment Plant. (Robinson)
19. Adjournment
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