SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
City and County of San Francisco
London N. Breed
Mayor
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, May 23, 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
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When your item is called, press *3 to be added to the public comment speaker line. 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 May 9, 2023
4. Report of the General Manager (discussion only)
a) Report on Recent San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Activities, Events and Announcements
5. Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency Update (Sandkulla)
REGULAR CALENDAR
6. Public Hearing to consider and adopt a new three-year schedule of rates for retail water service in San Francisco and suburban areas to be effective with meter readings on or after July 1, 2023. This action constitutes the Approval Action for the Project for the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to San Francisco Administrative Code section 31.04(h). 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)
7. Public Hearing to consider and adopt a new three-year schedule of rates for sewer service in San Francisco, to take effect on or after July 1, 2023. This action constitutes the Approval Action for the Project for the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to San Francisco Administrative Code section 31.04(h). 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)
8. Authorize staff to adjust the stormwater charge portion of the sewer bill in accordance with proposed Rules and Regulations; and public hearing to consider and possible action to adopt Rules and Regulations for the Stormwater Credit Program, in conformance with the requirements of Charter Section 4.104, effective July 1, 2023.This action constitutes the Approval Action for the Project for the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to San Francisco Administrative Code Section 31.04(h). 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. (Prather)
9. Public Hearing to adopt San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Power Enterprise schedules of rates for Hetch Hetchy power service to customers in Tuolumne County charged per lease and/or tenant agreements to be effective for meter readings on or after July 1, 2023. This action constitutes the Approval Action for the Project for the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to San Francisco Administrative Code section 31.04(h). 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)
10. Communications (information only)
a) Advance Calendar
b) Contract Advertisement Report
c) Correspondence Log
d) Annual Hetch Hetchy Power and CleanPowerSF Source Disclosure Report Filing to the California Energy Commission
e) Water Supply Conditions Update
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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