SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
City and County of San Francisco
Daniel Lurie
Mayor
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
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
Kate H. Stacy, President
Joshua Arce, Vice President
Avni Jamdar
Stephen E. Leveroni
Dennis J. Herrera
General Manager
Tiffany Lennear
Director of Commission Affairs
SFPUC January 14, 2025 Regular Meeting Agenda Page 2 of 6 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 Director of Commission Affairs 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 Director of Commission Affairs 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.
SFPUC January 14, 2025 Regular Meeting Agenda Page 3 of 6
ORDER OF BUSINESS
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Approval of the Minutes of December 10, 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. The Commission values civic engagement and encourages respectful communication at the public meeting. We ask that all public comment be made in a civil and courteous manner and that you refrain from the use of profanity. Thank you.
5. SFPUC Citizens’ Advisory Committee 2023-2024 Annual Report to the Commission
6. Report of the General Manager (discussion only)
a) Interim Financing Program Introduction
b) Report on Recent San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Activities, Events and Announcements
7. CONSENT CALENDAR
a) Approve Amendment No. 2 to Contract No. PRO.0017, O’Shaughnessy Outlet Works, with Black & Veatch Corporation, increasing the contract not-to-exceed amount by $1,500,000, and extending the contract duration by 1.5 years, for a total not-to-exceed contract amount of $5,250,000 and a total contract duration of 9.5 years, to continue providing engineering design and support services for drainage system improvements to address dam leakage, design for rehabilitation or replacement of the drum gates and slide gates, design of the new diversion pipe isolation valve, and supporting design of the new bulkhead system for the O’Shaughnessy Dam. (Robinson)
b) Approve an increase of 60 calendar days to the duration contingency for Contract No. HH-1009, San Joaquin Pipeline Valve and Safe Entry Improvements Phase 3 Tesla Surge Tower, with Mountain Cascade Inc., for a revised duration limit of 557 calendar days (approximately one year and seven months), with no change to contract amount, to complete the installation of a culvert in a drainage during the 2025 dry season to meet the new California Department of Fish and Wildlife requirements. (Robinson)
c) Approve Modification No. 1 to Job Order Contract No. JOC-93, General Engineering (A License) Construction, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Alameda Counties, with M. Hernandez Construction, Inc., (dba) Hernandez Engineering, to increase the contract not-to-exceed amount by $2,500,000, for a revised contract not-to-exceed amount of $7,500,000, and to increase the contract duration by three years, for a total contract duration of five years, to provide additional time and capacity for facility and asset improvements. (Robinson) d) Award Contract No. PRO.0298, Customer Care and Billing Transformation, to TMG Utility Advisory Services, Inc., in the amount of $8,000,000 and with a duration of four years, to SFPUC January 14, 2025 Regular Meeting Agenda Page 4 of 6 provide consultant services to support updates to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s existing electronic customer care and billing system and its Customer Service Bureau’s business processes. (Hom)
REGULAR CALENDAR
8. Approve the terms and conditions of and authorize the General Manager to execute Amendment No. 1 to the Radio Communications Site Lease dated April 1, 2015, between the City and County of San Francisco, through its San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, as tenant, and Communication and Control, Inc., to allow the SFPUC to expand the leased premises and operate additional radio communication equipment on the tower located on the premises for an initial Monthly Base Rent of $9,080 for the lease of the premises, and a Monthly Base Rent of $3,366 for the placement of SFPUC facilities subject to the Board of Supervisors’ and Mayor’s approval. This action constitutes the Approval Action for the Project and 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 the Project is exempt from the CEQA. The Commission will rely on that determination to make its decision on this action. (Flynn)
9. Public Hearing under Administrative Code Section 3.3(b)(1): Fiscal Year 2025-26 Budget Priorities Review of budget priorities for upcoming Fiscal Year 2025-26, the second year of the two-year fixed budget for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, as required under San Francisco Administrative Code Section 3.3(b)(1). DISCUSSION ONLY. (Hom)
10. Adopt a Refined Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act; Approve Project No. 10039505, SEP-7 Operations, Engineering, and Maintenance Buildings, to replace building SEP 850 and trailers SEP 850A and 850B located on the north campus of the Southeast Treatment Plant; and authorize staff to proceed with actions necessary to implement the Project; including issuance of the Notice-to-Proceed for the Construction Phase pursuant to the Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC) Contract No. WW-750. (Robinson)
11. Approve Modification No. 17 to Contract No. HH-1000R, Mountain Tunnel Improvements Project, with Mountain Tunnel Constructors, Inc., decreasing the contract amount by $15,727,083, for a new total contract amount of $132,876,212, to remove scope of work from the contract to be completed under separate future contract(s); and approve an increase of $13,029,702 to the cost contingency for the contract, for a new total cost contingency of $17,296,914, and a revised cost limit of $150,173,126, to account for additional tunnel lining repair, a new concrete final lining for the Priest Adit, and other additional contingency increases within the contract, with no change to the contract duration. (Robinson)
12. Approve increases of $2,300,000 to the cost contingency and 205 calendar days to the duration contingency for Contract No. HH-1012, San Joaquin Pipeline Valve and Safe Entry Improvements Phase 2A, with Sierra Mountain Construction Inc., for a revised cost limit of $8,462,200 and a revised duration limit of 668 consecutive calendar days (approximately two years and 10 months), to allow for the pre-purchase, quality assurance, and lead time of seven large diameter valves and actuators for Phase 2B work, which will take place under another contract during the upcoming 2025-2026 planned system outage. (Robinson)
13. Approve Amendment No. 1 to Contract No. PRO.0120, Engineering Services for Sunol Valley SFPUC January 14, 2025 Regular Meeting Agenda Page 5 of 6 Water Treatment Plant Ozonation, with CDM Smith, Inc., increasing the contract not-to-exceed amount by $9,600,000, for a total contract not-to-exceed amount of $24,600,000, and increasing the contract duration by four years, for a total contract duration of 10 years, to provide continued engineering support during construction and closeout services for Contract No. WD-2897, Sunol Valley Water Treatment Plant Ozonation, and Contract No. WD-2909, Sunol Valley Water Treatment Plant Short-Term Improvements, and additional activities in support of operations and maintenance including developing standard operating procedures, providing operator training, assisting with asset management and preventative maintenance plans, and conducting additional water treatability testing, subject to the Board of Supervisors’ approval pursuant to Charter Section 9.118. (Robinson)
14. COMMUNICATIONS (information only)
a. Advance Calendar
b. Contract Advertisement Report
c. Correspondence Log
d. Water Supply Conditions Update
e. Annual Municipal Energy Benchmarking Report
f. O’Shaughnessy Dam Reservations Quarterly Report – Q3 and Q4 2024 g. Power Quarterly Report on Delegated Authority Contracts Pursuant to Administrative Code Section 21.43
15. Items initiated by Commissioners (discussion only)
16. Public Comment on the matter to be addressed during Closed Session
17. Motion on whether to assert the attorney-client privilege regarding the matters listed below:
The Commission will go into Closed Session to discuss the following item:
CLOSED SESSION
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL regarding anticipated litigation (Government Code §54956.9, Administrative Code §67.10(d):
Hanover Insurance Company v. City and County of San Francisco Unlitigated Claim File No.: 24-01527
Date Filed: February 15, 2024
Proposed settlement of an unlitigated claim for property damage resulting from a water main break with the City to pay Hanover Insurance Company $265,909, 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
18. Announcement following Closed Session
19. Motion regarding whether to disclose the discussion during Closed Session pursuant to San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.12(a).
20. Adjournment
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