DEPARTMENT
General Manager
AGENDA NO.
8 MEETING DATE
November 12, 2024
AGENDA ITEM
Public Utilities Commission
City and County of San Francisco
Calendar: Regular Calendar
Project Manager: Steve Ritchie
Approve Appointment of President Kate Stacy to San Joaquin Tributaries Authority Commission
Summary of Proposed
Commission Action:
Appoint President Kate Stacy to serve as a Commissioner on the San Joaquin Tributaries Authority Commission.
Background: The City and County of San Francisco (San Francisco) , Modesto Irrigation District, South San Joaquin Irrigation District, and the Turlock Irrigati on District are political subdivisions of the State of California that hold various water rights on rivers and streams tributary to the Lower San Joaquin River. On April 24, 2012, by Resolution No. 12-0068, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SF PUC), as the policy body of San Francisco charged with exclusive authority over San Francisco’s water rights and supplies, authorized the President of the SFPUC to execute a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) to establish the San Joaquin Tributaries Authority (S JTA), a new joint powers authority, with those entities as member agencies.
The purpose s of the SJTA are, among others, to develop and facilitate an environment in which the SJTA’s member agencies are able to provide water service in an efficient manner at a reasonable cost ; to investigate and develop plans for conservation and conjunctive use ; to ensure long term reliability of each SJTA member’s water system; and to work with other governmental and public agencies to promote the common welfare of the landowners and water users served by SJTA members.
In accordance with Article 6 of the JPA, the SJTA is governed by a commission (SJTA Commission) consisting of one c ommissioner (SJTA Commissioner) representing each member agency. Each member agency must appoint as its SJTA Commissioner an individual who sits on the member agency’s governing body. Each member agency’s appointed SJTA Commissioner may continue to serve on the SJTA Commission as long as they are not removed or replaced by their appointing governing body and they continue to sit on that governing body.
On October 1, 2024, the SFPUC’s SJTA Commissioner , appointed by this Commission on May 24, 2022, by Resolution No. 22-0091, ceased being an SFPUC Commissioner and was automatically removed from the SJTA Commission pursuant to Section 6.4 of the JPA, because the Commissioner no longer met the qualifications to serve as an SJTA Commissioner under Section Agenda Title: Public Hearing to Adopt Amendments to Social Impact Partnership Program Rules and Regulations Commission Meeting Date: November 12, 2024
6.2 of the JPA. To fill this vacancy, the SFPUC must appoint one of its current SFPUC Commissioners to serve as the SJTA Commissioner representing the SFPUC.
Recommendation: SFPUC staff recommends that the Commission adopt the attached resolution.
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
City and County of San Francisco
RESOLUTION NO.
WHEREAS, The City and County of San Francisco (San Francisco), Modesto Irrigation District, South San Joaquin Irrigation District, and Turlock Irrigation District are political subdivisions of the State of California that hold various water rights on rivers and streams tributary to the Lower San Joaquin River; and
WHEREAS, On April 24, 2012,
by Resolution No. 12-0068, the San Francisco Public
Utilities Commission (SFPUC), as the policy body of San Francisco charged with exclusive authority over San Francisco’s water rights and supplies, authorized the President of the SFPUC to execute a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) to establish the San Joaquin Tributaries Authority (SJTA), a joint powers authority created to pursue and develop matters and projects of joint interest and benefit to the SJTA’s member agencies as well as to those they serve; and
WHEREAS, Under Article 6 of the JPA, the SJTA is governed by a commission (SJTA Commission) consisting of one commissioner (SJTA Commissioner) representing each m ember agency; and
WHEREAS, Each member agency must appoint as its SJTA Commissioner an individual who sits on the member agency’s governing body, and who may continue to serve on the SJTA Commission as long as they are not removed or replaced by their appointing governing body and they continue to sit on that governing body; and
WHEREAS, On October 1, 2024, the SFPUC’s SJTA Commissioner , appointed by this
Commission on May 24, 2022, by Resolution No. 22-0091, ceased being an SFPUC Commissioner and was automatically removed from the SJTA Commission pursuant to Section 6.4 of the JPA, because they no longer met the qualifications to serve as an SJTA Commissioner under Section
6.2 of the JPA; and
WHEREAS, To fi ll this vacancy, t he SFPUC must appoint one of its current SFPUC Commissioners to serve as the SJTA Commissioner representing SFPUC; and
WHEREAS, Each SJTA Commissioner serves at the pleasure of their appointing member’s governing body and may be removed or replaced at any time; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Commission hereby appoints President Kate Stacy to serve as the SFPUC’s Commissioner on the San Joaquin Tributaries Authority Commission; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, That this Commission authorizes the General Manager to notify the SJTA of the changes in the SFPUC’s SJTA Commissioner appointment.
I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was adopted by the Public Utilities Commission at its meeting of November 12, 2024.
Director of Commission Affairs
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission