SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
City and County of San Francisco
London N. Breed
Mayor
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
1:30 PM
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
City Hall, Room 400
Members of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) will attend this meeting in-person. Members of the public are invited to observe the meeting in-person or remotely by watching live online as described below.
Members of the public attending the meeting in person or remotely will have an opportunity to provide public comment on every action or discussion item.
Members of the public are encouraged to provide public comment by email. Send an email to [email protected] by 5 pm the day before the meeting to ensure your comment is received by the Commission in advance of the meeting. All comments received will be made part of the official record.
REMOTE MEETING ACCESS
Watch: https://www.sfgovtv.org/sfpuc
REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT CALL-IN: 1 (415) 655-0001 / MEETING ID: 2488 211 3385 When the item is called, press *3 to be added to the speaker line. When prompted, commenters will have up to two minutes to provide comment unless otherwise noted by the Chair. Please speak clearly, ensure you are in a quiet location, and turn off any TV’s or computers around you.
Commissioners
Newsha Ajami, President
Sophie Maxwell, Vice President
Tim Paulson
Anthony Rivera
Kate H. Stacy
Dennis J. Herrera
General Manager
Donna Hood
Commission Secretary
Accessible Meeting Policy: City Hall, Room 400 is wheelchair accessible. The meeting will be broadcast and captioned on SFGovTV. Remote public participation is available upon request for individuals who cannot attend in person due to disability. Making a request to participate remotely no later than one hour before the start of the meeting helps ensure availability of the meeting link. Sign Language Interpretation is also available upon request. Sign Language Interpretation is available upon request. If requesting Sign Language Interpretation, please submit an accommodation request a minimum of four business hours before the start of the meeting. Allowing a minimum of 48 business hours for all other accommodation requests (for example, all other auxiliary aids and services) helps ensure availability. To request accommodation, please contact the Commission Secretary at [email protected] or 415-554-3165.
Know Your Rights Under the Sunshine Ordinance: Government's duty is to serve the public, reaching its decision in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people's business. This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people's review. For more information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact Administrator, by mail to Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco, CA 94102.4689; by phone at 554.7724; by fax at 554.7854; or by email at [email protected]. Copies of the Sunshine Ordinance can be obtained from the Clerk of the Sunshine Task Force, the San Francisco Public Library and on the City’s website at http://www.sfgov.org.
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Lobbyist Registration and Reporting Requirements: Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance [SF Campaign & Governmental Conduct Code §2.100] to register and report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the San Francisco Ethics Commission at 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 220, San Francisco, CA 94102; telephone (415) 252-3100; fax (415) 252-3112; web site at www.sfgov.org/ethics.
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. Approval of the Minutes of March 14, 2023
4. Report of the General Manager (discussion only)
a) Water Supply Conditions Update
b) Hetch Hetchy Capital Improvement Program Quarterly Report c) Wastewater Enterprise Quarterly Report including Southeast Area Major Projects Update (1) Biosolids, and (2) Headworks
d) Report on Recent San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Activities, Events and Announcements
5. Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency Report (Sandkulla)
6. CONSENT CALENDAR
a) Accept work performed by Mountain Cascade, Inc. under Contract No. HH-1002R, O’Shaughnessy Dam Fall Protection Improvements and Spillway Access; approve Modification No. 2 (Final), decreasing the contract amount by $8,000, and increasing the contract duration by 141 consecutive calendar days, to complete warranty submissions and to negotiate a credit for reduced scope, for a total contract amount of $1,578,355 and a total contract duration of 470 consecutive calendar days (approximately one year four months); and authorize final payment to the contractor. (Robinson) b) Rescind the award of Agreement No. PRO.0233.C to CPM Associates, Inc. and Carlson Management, Inc. Joint Venture (CPM-CMI JV) under Resolution No. 22-0204, at the request of the contractor; award Agreement No. PRO.0233.C to Townsend Management, Inc.-CM Pros JV Partners (TMI-CM Pros JV), to provide construction management services for San Francisco Public Utilities Commission construction projects on an as-needed basis as part of Resolution No. 22-0204; and authorize the General Manager to execute a professional services agreement, in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000 and with a duration of five years. (Robinson)
c) Approve an increase of $6,550,000 to the contract cost contingency, and an increase of 270 calendar days (approximately nine months) to the contract duration contingency for Contract No. WD-2717, College Hill Reservoir Outlet Structure and Pipeline, with Ranger Pipelines Inc., to entirely replace the College Hill Reservoir roof’s wooden substructure and associated plywood sheathing rather than up to thirty-five percent of the plywood sheathing anticipated at the time of bid due to the discovery of unforeseen conditions after draining the reservoir, which allowed for a more robust inspection; and authorize the General Manager to approve future modifications to the contract for a total contract amount of up to $19,948,546 and a total contract duration of up to 1,100 consecutive calendar days (approximately three years). (Robinson)
REGULAR CALENDAR
7. Authorize the Issuance of up to $865 million of 2023 Series AB Bonds for new money and to refund commercial paper, potentially provide funds sufficient to refund approximately $185 million of outstanding 2013 Series A and Series B Bonds, subject to minimum savings thresholds set by Commission Debt Policy and prevailing market conditions at time of sale, and the issuance of the 2023 Series C Bonds to refund approximately $179 million of outstanding 2018 Series C Wastewater Revenue Bonds (collectively, the “2023 Wastewater Bonds”); delegate to the General Manager authorization to appoint underwriters and enter into one or more bond purchase contracts with underwriters selected from the City’s pool of pre-qualified underwriters subject to a competitive procurement process and in accordance with the City’s policies and procedures with respect thereto, subject to the limits on Underwriters’ compensation set forth in the resolution. The Commission resolution will approve bond sales as follows: (1) the 2023 Series A and Series B Wastewater Revenue Bonds, including Series A (SSIP) (Green Bonds) to fund Sewer System Improvement Program (SSIP) improvements and Series B (Non-SSIP) to fund non-SSIP improvements, fund capitalized interest to mitigate short-term budget impacts and may also include current refunding of up to $184,240,000 of the outstanding 2013A and B Bonds for debt service savings, and (2) the 2023 Series C Wastewater Revenue Bonds (Series C (SSIP) (Green Bonds)) to refund outstanding 2018 Series C Bonds subject to a mandatory put, and approve the form of, and authorize the execution and delivery of, related documents, and authorize the General Manager to sell the 2023 Wastewater Bonds in one or more series of bonds on a negotiated basis, as the General Manager determines is in the best financial interest of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. (Hom)
8. Approve Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. CS-1242(G), San Francisco Unified School District Work Based Learning Grant, with San Francisco Unified School District to provide career awareness and exposure opportunities through paid and unpaid work based learning opportunities at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission; and authorize the General Manager to execute this amendment to increase the contract by $28,350 and increase the contract duration by three years, for a total not-to-exceed amount of $34,350 and for a total duration of four years. (Ordikhani)
9. Recommend that the Board of Supervisors (BOS) adopt a Special Ordinance that will allow the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to enter into Cooperative Agreements with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to perform engineering design review, constructability review and other technical services for the Lower Alemany Area and Folsom Area Stormwater Improvement Projects. The Special Ordinance would exempt the Cooperative Agreements from the requirements of the San Francisco Administrative Code, such as requirements regarding contract assignment, contract modification, and audits of contractor records; and Environment Code such as requirements regarding food waste reduction. Upon the BOS’s enactment of this Special Ordinance, SFPUC would enter into the Cooperative Agreements with Caltrans. The Cooperative Agreements would allow SFPUC to provide funding to Caltrans’ staff to review and coordinate with SFPUC to complete the design of the Lower Alemany and Folsom Area Stormwater Improvement Projects. (Robinson)
10. Communications (information only)
a) Advance Calendar
b) Contract Advertisement Report
c) Correspondence Log
d) Water Pipeline Assessment
11. 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.
12. Items initiated by Commissioners (discussion only)
13. Adjournment
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