SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
City and County of San Francisco
London N. Breed
Mayor
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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 4 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
Tim Paulson, President
Anthony Rivera, Vice President
Sophie Maxwell
Newsha Ajami
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 for individuals who cannot attend in person due to disability by making a request to the Commission Secretary by 12 PM (noon), the day before the Commission meeting at [email protected] or 415-554-3165. 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. 311 Free Language Assistance: 免費語言協助/ Ayuda gratuita con el idioma / Бесплатная помощь переводчиков / Trợ giúp Thông dịch Miễn phí / Assistance linguistique gratuite / 無料の言語支援/ 무료 언어 / 지원 / คว“มช◌ว ◌่ ยเหลอ◌◌ืท“งภ“ษ“โดยไมเ◌◌่ ส’ยคาใชจ◌ ◌้าย / Libreng tulong para sa wikang Tagalog ยเหลอ◌◌ื
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 12, 2024
4. 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.
5. Report of the General Manager (discussion only)
a) San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Employee Retirement Recognitions b) Hetch Hetchy Capital Improvement Program Quarterly Report c) FY 23-24 Q2 Budget Status Report
d) Wastewater Enterprise Quarterly Report including Southeast Area Major Projects Update and Biosolids and Headworks
e) Report on Recent San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Activities, Events and Announcements
6. CONSENT CALENDAR
a) Approve competitive-solicitation waiver; and award Grant No. CS-1251(G) to the Filoli Center under the Large Landscape Grant Program for water-saving irrigation improvements to historic public gardens in Woodside, California in the amount not to exceed $105,503 with a term duration of two years. (Ritchie)
b) Approve Modification No. 1 to Job Order Contract No. JOC-94, General Engineering (A License) Construction, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne Counties, Hetch Hetchy with Big Valley Electric to increase the contract duration by three years for a total contract duration of five years and to increase the contract amount by $2,500,000 for a revised not-to-exceed contract amount of $7,500,000, for additional time and capacity for facility and asset improvements. (Robinson)
c) Approve Modification No. 1 to Job Order Contract No. JOC-96, General Engineering (A License) Construction, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne Counties, Hetch Hetchy with Njirich & Sons, Inc. to increase the contract duration by three years for a total contract duration of five years and to increase the contract amount by $2,500,000 for a revised not-to-exceed contract amount of $7,500,000, for additional time and capacity for facility and asset improvements. (Robinson)
d) Approve an increase of 115 calendar days to the contract duration contingency for Contract No. WW-684, 45th, 46th, 47th Aves, Vicente and, Wawona Streets, and Sloat Blvd Sewer Replacement, with Precision Engineering, Inc., for a new contract duration limit of up to 527 calendar days (approximately one year and five months) due to additional time needed for Staff to complete review and approval of contract submittals, obtain permits, and for unforeseen site conditions, with no change to the contract amount. (Robinson) e) Approve an increase of 185 calendar days to the contract duration contingency for Contract No. WW-705, Various Locations Sewer Replacement No. 10, with Mitchell Engineering, for a new contract duration limit of up to 570 consecutive calendar days (approximately one year and seven months), due to delays caused by unforeseen private utility conflicts and pothole coordination resulting in a work scope change on O’Farrell Street and Golden Gate Avenue from open cut pipeline replacement to trenchless installation method, with no change to the contract amount. (Robinson)
REGULAR CALENDAR
7. Approve the expansion of California Water Service Company’s (Cal Water) Bear Gulch District service area due to the acquisition of Kings Mountain Park Mutual Water Company; and approve the Third 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)
8. Public hearing to consider and possible action to adopt the Rules and Regulations for Users Receiving Recycled Water Service in the City and County of San Francisco in conformance with the requirements of Charter Section 4.104; and authorize the General Manager, in consultation with the City Attorney, to approve future non-material modifications to the Rules and Regulations that are necessary or appropriate to facilitate implementation of the Recycled Water Program. (Ritchie)
9. Award Contract Nos. PRO.0278 A and B, As-Needed Water Resources, to Brown and Caldwell/Lotus Consultants Joint Venture (PRO.0278.A) and Woodard & Curran/SRT Consultants Joint Venture (PRO.0278.B), for specialized as-needed engineering services, each for an amount not to exceed $4,000,000 and each with a duration of five years. (Ritchie)
10. Approve Amendment No. 6 to Contract No. WW-628, Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant New Headworks Facility with Sundt-Walsh Joint Venture (Construction Manager/General Contractor or CM/GC), increasing the contract amount by $7,158,234 and increasing the contract cost contingency by $7,841,766, and increasing the contract duration contingency by 257 calendar days, resulting in a total contract cost limit of $570,380,175 and a revised contract duration limit of 3,304 consecutive calendar days (approximately nine years and one month), due to unforeseen conditions associated with structural strengthening required for existing influent channel, additional shutdown constraints, supply chain challenges with odor control systems and major electrical and process equipment, as well as impacts related to electrical service delays. (Robinson)
11. Communications (information only)
a) Advance Calendar
b) Contract Advertisement Report
c) Correspondence Log
d) 2009 Water Supply Agreement Update
e) CleanPowerSF Draft Load Management Standards Plan
f) Resolution Adopted by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Citizens’ Advisory Committee
g) San Francisco Public Utilities Commission FY 2023-24 Overtime Supplemental h) Water Supply Conditions Update
12. Items initiated by Commissioners (discussion only)
13. Adjournment
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