SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
City and County of San Francisco
London N. Breed
Mayor
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
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.
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Commissioners
Newsha Ajami, President
Sophie Maxwell, Vice President
Tim Paulson
Tony Rivera
Kate Stacy
Dennis J. Herrera
General Manager
Donna Hood
Secretary
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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 December 13, 2022
5. Report of the General Manager (discussion only)
a) Drought Conditions Update
b) Hetch Hetchy Capital Improvement Program Quarterly Report c) Wastewater Enterprise Quarterly Report including Southeast Area Major Projects Update (1) Biosolids, (2) Headworks, and (3) 1550 Evans Southeast Community Center d) Report on Recent San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Activities, Events and Announcements
6. CONSENT CALENDAR
a) Approve the terms and conditions of and authorize the General Manager to execute a no-fee, month-to-month revocable license to the Girl Scouts of Northern California, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation, to use approximately 4.1 acres of land under the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission in San Francisco, California.
The License Area constitutes a portion of the SFPUC’s Parcel No. 55 located at 1100 Lake Merced Boulevard near Lake Merced. The Girl Scouts will use the License Area for Girl Scout troop outings, camps, events, trainings, and the maintenance and repair of the existing camp improvements. (Flynn)
b) Approve Modification No. 1 to Job Order Contract, JOC-83R, General Building (B License) Construction, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Alameda Counties, with Rubecon Builders, Inc., to complete ongoing facility and asset improvements, increasing the contract by $2,500,000, for a total not-to-exceed contract amount of $7,500,000, in accordance with San Francisco Administrative Code section 6.62. (Robinson) c) Approve Amendment No. 1 to Agreement Nos. PRO.0097.A-C, Hetchy Capital Improvement Projects, As- Needed Construction Management Services, with AECOM and Effective Management Services LLC. Joint Venture (PRO.0097.A), Mott MacDonald and Dabri, Inc. Joint Venture (PRO.0097.B), and Avila and Associates Consulting Engineers, Inc. (PRO.0097.C), to provide as- needed Construction Management service to augment City Construction Management staff as necessary, to increase each contract by $2,000,000 for a total not-to-exceed amount of $6,000,000, with no change to the duration of each agreement. (Robinson)
d) Approve Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. PUC.PRO.0113, Electric Billing Software as a Services (SaaS) Agreement, with Enterprise Solutions Consulting LLC to provide additional as-needed professional services to facilitate ongoing customizations to the Oracle C2M (Customer to Meter) electric billing system, to increase the contract by $1,250,000 and increase the contract duration by six months, for a total not-to-exceed amount of $5,624,527 and for a total duration of seven and one-half years. (Hom) e) Award Contract Nos. PRO.0216.A, PRO.0216.B, PRO.0216.C, and PRO.0216.D, As-Needed Environmental Review Services, to provide as-needed environmental analyses, studies, and reports; resource agency documents/permits; environmental compliance support during construction; and specialized natural resource and other environmental expertise in support of the Sewer System Improvement Program and other Water, Wastewater, and Power Enterprise operating and capital projects, to AECOM Technical Services Inc. (AECOM) (PRO.0216.A), Environmental Science Associates Inc. (ESA) (PRO.0216.B), Panorama Environmental, Inc. (Panorama) (PRO.0216.C), and Woodard & Curran and ATS Consultants Joint Venture (WC-ATS JV) (PRO.0216.D), each for an amount not-to-exceed $7,000,000, and each with a duration of seven years. (Robinson) f) Accept work performed by Ranger Pipelines, Inc., for Contract No. WD-2668, Regional Groundwater Storage and Recovery, for a total contract amount of $62,168,845, and for a total contract duration of 2,707 consecutive calendar days (approximately seven years and six months); and authorize final payment to the contractor. (Robinson) g) Approve an increase of $300,000 to the contract cost contingency and an increase of 300 calendar days (approximately 10 months) to the contract duration contingency for Contract No. WD-2852R, San Francisco Westside Recycled Water Irrigation System Retrofits, with Fontenoy Engineering, Inc. to address on-going schedule and cost impacts due to COVID-related delays in material deliveries, delayed and modified work related to a tree conflict and associated public hearing process, additional work due to differing field conditions, 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 amount not to exceed $3,031,877 and a total contract duration of up to 920 consecutive calendar days (approximately two years and six months). (Robinson)
h) Accept work performed by Kone, Inc., under Contract No. WW-672, Wastewater Enterprise Elevator Maintenance, Repair and Modernization 2018-2021; approve Modification No. 2 (Final), decreasing the contract amount by $1,057,390, for a total contract amount of $258,910, and decreasing the contract duration by 40 consecutive calendar days, for a total contract duration of 1,194 consecutive calendar days (approximately three years and four months); and authorize final payment to the Contractor. This reduction in total contract amount relates to SFPUC staff’s decision not to utilize an as-needed bid item to modernize the elevator. The reduction in duration is because this contract was due to expire and SFPUC awarded another elevator contract (WW-718R) that was anticipated to start during this period, overlapping the existing contract. (Norby)
i) Approve an increase of 250 calendar days (approximately nine months) to the contract duration contingency for Contract No. WW-685R, North Shore Pump Station Wet Weather Improvements, with Western Water Constructors, Inc., to address COVID supply chain delays related to the procurement of dry weather liquid pumps; and authorize the General Manager to approve future modifications to the contract for a total contract duration of up to 1,075 consecutive calendar days (approximately three years), with no change to contract amount. (Robinson)
j) Award Contract No. WW-737, Baker St. Combined Sewer Discharge Baffle Improvements & Backflow Valve Repair, in the amount of $566,000, and with a duration of 240 consecutive calendar days, to the responsible bidder that submitted the lowest responsive bid, Trinet Construction, Inc., to construct a new baffle wall and repair the existing baffle inside the Baker Street Combined Sewer Discharge including leak repair in the existing backflow valve. (Robinson)
REGULAR CALENDAR
7. Authorize the General Manager to execute, on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco, a First Amendment to the Agreement with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) regarding the construction, operation, and maintenance of a permanent water recirculation system at the CDFW-owned and operated Moccasin Fish Hatchery that will allow for reduction in San Francisco Public Utilities Commission water deliveries to the Hatchery during shutdowns of the Hetch Hetchy Water and Power system and during droughts, to extend the Agreement duration by up to 12 months, to December 1, 2023, for a total duration of up to 36 months, with no change to the Agreement amount. (Ritchie)
8. Award Contract No. PRO.0264, New City Distribution Division (CDD) Campus at 2000 Marin Design Services, to provide architectural, engineering, and consulting services to design new facilities for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Water Enterprise CDD at 2000 Marin Street, San Francisco, to Mark Cavagnero Associates, for an amount not-to-exceed $27,800,000 and with a duration of five years, subject to Board of Supervisors’ approval under San Francisco Charter Section 9.118. (Robinson)
9. Award sole source Contract No. PUC-0004(I), 525 Golden Gate Elevator Maintenance and Repair Services, in an amount not-to-exceed $950,000, and with a duration of 2,920 consecutive calendar days (eight years), to Otis Elevator Company, which is the only elevator contractor authorized to maintain and support proprietary components in the elevators at the SFPUC headquarters building, in accordance with San Francisco Administrative Code section 6.73(a). (Robinson)
10. Authorize the General Manager to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the San Francisco Local Agency Formation Commission for an amount not-to-exceed $800,000 and with a duration of three years and five months to perform work for CleanPowerSF. (Hale)
11. Public Hearing: Discussion and possible action to approve the Electric Home (E-ELEC) rate schedule for customers of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s CleanPowerSF Community Choice Aggregation Program. 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. (Hom)
12. Communications (information only)
a) Advance Calendar
b) Contract Advertisement Report
c) Correspondence Log
d) CleanPowerSF Quarterly Update
e) Quarterly Report on Contracts Awarded by the General Manager Pursuant to Delegated Authority
f) O’Shaughnessy Dam Reservation Quarterly Report 4th Quarter: October – December 2022
g) Sewer Inspection and Replacement Program Update
13. 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.
14. Items Initiated by Commissioners (discussion only)
15. Public comment on the matter to be addressed during Closed Session.
16. 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
17. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL regarding existing litigation (Government Code §54956.9, Administrative Code §67.10(d)(1)) (action item) (Bregman) Andrea Cervantes v. City & County of San Francisco, et al. (San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-20-586083), filed August 10, 2020.
Proposed settlement of employment dispute in the amount of $400,000, subject to approval by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
Following Closed Session, the Commission will reconvene in Open Session
18. Announcement following Closed Session.
19. Motion regarding whether to disclose the discussions during Closed Session pursuant to San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.12(a).
20. Adjournment
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