SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
City and County of San Francisco
London N. Breed
Mayor
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, January 24, 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. (action item)
4. Approval of the Minutes of January 10, 2023 (action item)
5. San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Employee Retirement Recognitions (discussion only) (Herrera)
• Jack Lum – in recognition for his 35 years of exemplary service to the City and County of San Francisco
6. Report of the General Manager (discussion only)
a) Drought Conditions Update
b) San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Hiring Process Overview c) Report on Recent San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Activities, Events and Announcements
7. Report of the Bay Area Water Supply Conservation Agency General Manager (discussion only)
8. CONSENT CALENDAR
a) Award Contract No. WD-2889, As-Needed Water Service Line Replacements, in the amount of $ 26,663,850, and with a duration of 1,096 consecutive calendar days (approximately three years), to the responsible bidder that submitted the lowest responsive bid, JMB Construction, Inc., to provide as-needed traffic control, permitting, pavement excavation and restoration on streets within the City and County of San Francisco. Contractor will support 2-inch and smaller as-needed galvanized service lines renewals for the Lead Service Lead Replacement Program. (Ritchie)
b) Accept work performed by Anvil Builders Inc for Contract No. WW-687, Force Main Rehabilitation at Embarcadero and Jackson, for a total contract amount of $7,835,217, and with a total contract duration of 693 consecutive calendar days (approximately one year and 11 months); and authorize final payment to the contractor. (Robinson) c) Approve an increase of 365 calendar days to the contract duration contingency for Contract No. WW-697, As-Needed Main Sewer Replacement No. 8, with JDB & Sons Construction, Inc.; and authorize the General Manager to approve future modifications to the contract for a total contract duration of up to 1,130 consecutive calendar days (approximately three years and one month), with no change to contract amount to allow additional time to complete all current contract work, coordinate with private development activities on Minna Street, and continue issuing contract service orders. (Robinson)
REGULAR CALENDAR
9. Approve the Water Supply Assessment for the proposed 395 3rd Street Project, pursuant to California Water Code Section 10910, et seq., California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Section 21151.9, and CEQA Guidelines Section 15155. (Ritchie)
10. Accept and expend state funds sourced from the State Budget Act of 2022 and administered by the California Community Services Department to provide assistance to eligible Hetch Hetchy Power and CleanPowerSF residential customers who accrued customer account arrears during the COVID-19 pandemic, from March 4, 2020 to December 31, 2021. (Hom)
11. Approve the terms and conditions of and authorize the General Manager to execute one below-market rent license with Charity Cultural Services to use two workstations and one below-market rent license with Five Keys Schools and Programs to use one workstation on the third floor at the Southeast Community Center at 1550 Evans Avenue in San Francisco; and approve an amendment to Section 4.4.1 of the SFPUC 2015 Real Estate Guidelines to authorize the General Manager to approve and execute future below-market rent licenses to qualified nonprofit community service organizations for the Southeast Community Center, provided that the Southeast Community Facility Commission has recommended the licenses for SFPUC approval and other revised Section 4.4.1 criteria are met. (Flynn)
12. Approve the terms and conditions of and authorize the General Manager to execute individual five-year below-market rent leases with three nonprofit organizations (1) 3rd Street Youth Center and Clinic; (2) En2Action, Inc; and (3) Five Keys Schools and Programs, as tenants, to use an approximate total of 5,771 square feet of third-floor office space at the Southeast Community Center at 1550 Evans Avenue, in San Francisco. (Flynn)
13. Approve the Second Amendment to Contract No. PRO.0152, Power Scheduling Coordination and Related Support Services, with APX Inc., to allow for the processing of the California Independent System Operator power transmission service charges; and authorize the General Manager to execute this amendment, increasing the contract by $636,000,000 for a total not-to-exceed contract amount of $895,742,800, subject to the Board of Supervisors approval under Charter Section 9.118. (Hale)
14. Communications (information only)
a) Advance Calendar
b) Contract Advertisement Report
c) Correspondence Log
d) Onsite Water Reuse Program Update – FY 21/22
e) 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
15. 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.
16. Items Initiated by Commissioners (discussion only)
17. Adjournment
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