SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
City and County of San Francisco
London N. Breed
Mayor
MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, October 10, 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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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. Annual Election of Officers: Discussion and possible action to elect a President and Vice President of the Commission, each to serve a one-year term, as per the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Rules of Order, Rule No. 6.
4. Approval of the Minutes of the September 20, 2023 Special Meeting and the September 26, 2023 Regular Meeting
5. 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.
6. Report of the General Manager (discussion only)
a) FY 2023-24 Capital Financing Plan Update
b) Report on Recent San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Activities, Events and Announcements
7. CONSENT CALENDAR
a) Issue three no-fee, eight-year revocable licenses to Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice, a California non-profit public benefit corporation; Manylabs, a California non-profit public benefit corporation; and The Regents of the University of California, a public university, to install three separate air quality monitoring devices on the roof of the Southeast Community Center, located at 1550 Evans Avenue, Building No. 1, in San Francisco, each occupying approximately 4 square feet of the roof. (Flynn) b) Amend Contract No. 525GG-001, Licensed Software Upgrade, and Software and Equipment Maintenance with Alameda Electrical Distributors, Inc. to increase the contract duration by four years and six months for a new total contract duration of 10 years to maintain and support proprietary software at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission headquarters building. (Robinson)
c) Approve Amendment No. 1 to Contract No. CS-1405, United States Geologic Survey Joint Funding Agreement, with the United States Geological Survey (USGS), to increase the contract by $95,910, for a new total not-to-exceed contract amount of $2,933,680, with no change to the contract duration, to allow the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and the USGS to continue a cooperative Water Resource Investigations Program for hydrologic monitoring and stream and reservoir gauge maintenance in the Alameda and Peninsula Watersheds in order to construct and provide monitoring at five new monitoring stations. (Ritchie)
d) Award Contract Nos. PRO.0262 A, B, and C, Comprehensive Technical Services for Renewable & Advanced Energy Generation Services, to AECOM Technical Services Inc. (PRO.0262.A), Sage Renewable Energy Consulting Inc. DBA NV5 (PRO.0262.B), and EnerVue LLC (PRO.0262.C) for an amount not to exceed $12,000,000 ($4,000,000 each agreement) and with a duration of five years. (Spaulding) e) Approve an increase of 800 consecutive calendar days (approximately two years and three months) to the contract duration contingency for Contract No. WD-2776, San Francisco Westside Recycled Water Treatment Facility at Oceanside Plant, with S.J. Amoroso Construction Co., Inc., resulting in a new contract duration limit of up to 2,980 consecutive calendar days (approximately eight years and two months), to allow for the replacement of critical equipment for the facility, with no change to the contract amount. (Robinson) f) Accept work performed by Precision Engineering, Inc. under Contract No. WW-677, Various Locations Sewer Replacement No. 6, for a total contract amount of $4,401,284 and a total contract duration of 564 consecutive calendar days (approximately one year and seven months); and authorize final payment to the contractor. (Robinson)
REGULAR CALENDAR
8. Approve the Ocean Beach Climate Change Adaptation Project, Long-Term Improvements, a multi-city-department project led by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission; authorize staff to proceed with actions necessary to implement the Project; approve a letter of agreement describing the terms of an anticipated Memorandum of Understanding with the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department regarding construction and operation of the Project improvements and authorize the General Manager to negotiate and execute the same; urge the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Commission and the Board of Supervisors to restrict vehicular traffic on the Great Highway Extension and take any other actions necessary to facilitate the Project; and adopt findings and a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act. (Prather)
9. Approve the expansion of California Water Service Company’s (Cal Water) Bear Gulch District service area due to the acquisition of Skylonda Mutual Water Company; and approve the Second Amendment of the Individual Water Sales Contract between the City and County of San Francisco and Cal Water, in accordance with section 3.03.B of the 2021 Amended and Restated Water Supply Agreement. (Ritchie)
10. Communications (information only)
a) Advance Calendar
b) Contract Advertisement Report
c) Correspondence Log
d) Water Supply Conditions Update
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 anticipated litigation (Government Code §54956.9, San Francisco Administrative Code §67.10(d)(1)):
Deven Gadula v. City and County of San Francisco
Unlitigated Claim File No.: 23-01038
Date Filed: January 9, 2023
Proposed settlement of unlitigated claim for damage to property resulting from a ruptured water main with the City and County of San Francisco to pay Deven Gadula $175,000.00 in exchange for a full and final release, subject to final approval by the Board of Supervisors. (action item) (Bregman)
15. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL regarding anticipated litigation (Government Code §54956.9, San Francisco Administrative Code §67.10(d)(1)):
Joan Assereto v. City and County of San Francisco
Unlitigated File No.: 23-01644
Date Filed: March 10, 2023
Proposed settlement of unlitigated claim for damage to property resulting from a ruptured water main with the City and County of San Francisco to pay Joan Assereto $44,000.00 in exchange for a full and final release subject to final approval by the Board of Supervisors. (action item) (Bregman)
Following Closed Session, the Commission will reconvene in Open Session
16. Announcement following Closed Session
17. Motion regarding whether to disclose the discussions during Closed Session pursuant to San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.12(a).
18. Adjournment
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