SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
City and County of San Francisco
London N. Breed
Mayor
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, September 26, 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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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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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. Report of the General Manager (discussion only)
a) San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Employee Retirement Recognitions b) Introduction of dr. christian bijoux, Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer c) FY-2024-25 and FY2025-26 Biennial Budget Update
d) Hetch Hetchy Capital Improvement Program Quarterly Report e) Wastewater Enterprise Quarterly Report Including Southeast Area Major Projects Updates (1) Biosolids, and (2) Headworks
f) Report on Recent San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Activities, Events and Announcements
4. Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency Update (discussion only) (Sandkulla)
5. CONSENT CALENDAR
a) Approve modification of Job Order Contract No. JOC-92, General Engineering (A License) Construction, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne Counties, Hetch Hetchy with Sierra Mountain Construction, Inc., to increase the Contract amount by $2,500,000 for a new total not-to-exceed Contract amount of $7,500,000 with no increase to the contract duration, to complete ongoing facility and asset improvements. (Robinson) b) Award Job Order Contract No. JOC-100, HVAC Energy Efficiency (C-20 License), San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Alameda Counties, in the amount not-to-exceed $5,000,000, with a guaranteed minimum task order opportunity amount of $50,000, and with a duration of two years, to the responsible bidder that submitted the lowest responsive bid, Mesa Energy Systems, Inc., to perform C-20 licensed heating, ventilation, and air conditioning energy efficiency construction work on San Francisco Public Utilities Commission systems and operations around the Bay Area. (Robinson) c) Award Job Order Contract No. JOC-101, General Engineering (A License) Construction, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Alameda Counties, in the amount not-to-exceed $5,000,000, with a guaranteed minimum task order opportunity amount of $50,000, and with a duration of two years, to the responsible bidder that submitted the lowest responsive bid, Fontenoy Engineering, to perform A-licensed general engineering construction work on San Francisco Public Utilities Commission systems and operations around the Bay Area. (Robinson)
d) Approve amendment to Contract Nos. PRO.0172.A-D, As-Needed Engineering Design Services, with Kennedy/Jenks Consultants (PRO.0172.A), Water Resources Engineering, Inc. (PRO.0172.B), AECOM Technical Services, Inc. (PRO.0172.C), and Hazen-LEE Joint Venture (PRO.0172.D), to increase each contract amount by $2,250,000, for a new total contract amount of $6,750,000 (per contract) with no change to the contract durations, to continue providing as-needed professional engineering design services necessary for the design and construction of improvements to various SFPUC facilities. (Robinson) e) Award Contract Nos. PRO.0275.A-C, Hetchy Capital Improvement Projects As-Needed Construction Management and Staff Augmentation Services, to AECOM – EMS a Joint Venture (a joint venture between AECOM Technical Services, Inc. and Effective Management Services, LLC) (PRO.0275.A), Avila and Associates Consulting Engineers, Inc. (PRO.0275.B), and Hetchy CM Partners JV (a joint venture between Consor PMCM, Inc. and Joe Hill Consulting Engineers) (PRO.0275.C), each in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000 and each with a duration of five years. (Robinson) f) Award Contract No. WD-2840, Southern Skyline Boulevard Ridge Trail Extension in the amount of $20,523,445, and with a duration of 543 consecutive calendar days (approximately one year and six months), to the responsible bidder submitting the lowest responsive bid, Gordon N. Ball, Inc., to construct a multi-purpose trail and parking lots on the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Peninsula Watershed within the County of San Mateo. (Robinson)
g) Approve an increase of $215,000 to the contract cost contingency and an increase of 50 calendar days to the contract duration contingency for Contract No. WW-707R, Various Locations Sewer Replacement No. 11, with Basset Engineering, for a new contract amount of up to $3,979,385 and contract duration of up to 534 consecutive calendar days (approximately one year and six months) due to delays with San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority’s ability to support de-energization of overhead Muni lines, lengthy procurement time of materials for de-energization work scope, and to address unforeseen underground conditions encountered on Townsend Street. (Robinson) h) Ratify correction to Resolution No. 23-0096, approved on May 9, 2023, to increase the construction duration for Contract No. WW-719A, Folsom Area Stormwater Improvements - SOMA and Mission Districts Sewer Replacement by 60 consecutive calendar days to reflect the total contract duration of 425 consecutive calendar days, with no change to contract amount. (Robinson)
i) Approve and adopt the finding that Milton Roy Centrac B pumps are sole source products that are necessary to match existing products used in San Francisco Public Utilities Commission facilities; and authorize the General Manager to designate Milton Roy Centrac B pumps in contract specifications as sole source products for a period of eight years in Water Supply and Treatment Division contract specifications for public work procurements in conformance with San Francisco Administrative Code Section 6.73(e)(1) and Public Contract Code Section 3400(c)(2) and (3). (Ritchie)
REGULAR CALENDAR
6. Award Contract Nos. PRO.0240.A-B, Racial Equity Consulting to AECOM Technical Services, Inc. (PRO.0240.A) and Rosales Business Partners and GCAP Services, Joint Venture (PRO.0240.B), each for an amount not-to-exceed $9,500,000 with a term of five years, for as-needed racial equity consulting and support services to assist with implementation of the agency’s Racial Equity Action Plan, Racial Justice Resolution and other racial equity priorities. (Herrera)
7. Public hearing to consider and possible action to adopt amendments to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s Social Impact Partnership Program Rules and Regulations, at Rule
1.0 and Rule 4.5. (Ordikhani)
8. Hearing to adopt revised San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Rules of Order to incorporate changes to Rule 16 Order of Business.
9. Communications (information only)
a) Advance Calendar
b) Contract Advertisement Report
c) Correspondence Log
d) Capital Planning Improvement Initiative Update
e) Declaration of Emergency – Fillmore and Green 16” Water Main Break f) Water Supply Conditions Update
10. 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.
11. Items initiated by Commissioners (discussion only)
12. Public Comment on the matters to be addressed during Closed Session
13. Motion on whether to assert the attorney-client privilege regarding the matters listed below as Conference with Legal Counsel.
The Commission will go into Closed Session to discuss the following items:
CLOSED SESSION
14. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL regarding existing litigation (Government Code §54956.9(d)(1), San Francisco Administrative Code §67.10(d)(1)):
Madison Cullinane v. City and County of San Francisco
San Francisco Superior Court No.: CGC-22-597860
Date Filed: January 27, 2022
Proposed settlement of existing litigation concerning a motor vehicle accident with the City and County of San Francisco to pay Madison Cullinane $40,000.00 in exchange for a full and final release, subject to final approval by the Board of Supervisors. (action item) (Whipps)
15. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL regarding anticipated litigation (Government Code §54956.9, San Francisco Administrative Code §67.10(d)(1)):
Sentinel Insurance Company, Ltd. v. City and County of San Francisco Unlitigated Claim File No.: 23-01817
Date Filed: March 23, 2023
Proposed settlement of unlitigated claim for damage to property resulting from a high-pressure fire suppression water service main fail with the City and County of San Francisco to pay 99 Sentinel Insurance Company, Ltd. $100,000.00 in exchange for a full and final release, subject to final approval by the Board of Supervisors. (action item) (Whipps)
16. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION (Government Code §54957(b), San Francisco Administrative Code §67.10(b):
Dennis J. Herrera, General Manager (discussion only)
Following Closed Session, the Commission will reconvene in Open Session
17. Announcement following Closed Session
18. Motion regarding whether to disclose the discussions during Closed Session pursuant to San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.12(a).
19. Adjournment
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