SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
City and County of San Francisco
Daniel Lurie
Mayor
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, January 28, 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 28, 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 28, 2025 Regular Meeting Agenda Page 3 of 6
ORDER OF BUSINESS
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Approval of the Minutes of January 14, 2025
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. Report of the General Manager (discussion only)
a) San Francisco Water Supply Planning
b) SFPUC Employee Retirement Recognition for 25+ Years of Service c) Report on Recent San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Activities, Events and Announcements
6. Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency Report
7. CONSENT CALENDAR
a) Award Contract WW-741R, Various Locations Spot Main Sewer Replacement No. 1, to the responsible bidder that submitted the lowest responsive bid, K.J. Woods Construction, Inc., in the amount of $6,188,000 and with a duration of 410 consecutive calendar days (approximately one year and two months), to replace/line existing sewers on specified streets in the City and County of San Francisco. This action constitutes the Approval Action for the Project 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. (Robinson)
REGULAR CALENDAR
8. Approve the First Amended Joint Powers Agreement of the San Joaquin Tributaries Authority. (Ritchie)
9. Approve the Water Supply Assessment for the proposed 447 Battery Street and 530 Sansome Street Project, pursuant to California Water Code Section 10910 et seq., California Environmental Quality Act Section 21151.9, and CEQA Guidelines Section 15155. (Ritchie)
10. Award Contract No. WD-2900, Millbrae Campus Improvements, to Clark Construction Group – California, LP, as Construction Manager/General Contractor, for a total contract amount not to exceed $268,932,944 and with a duration of 2,343 consecutive calendar days (approximately six years and six months); and authorize proceeding only with pre-construction services during the design phase in the not-to-exceed amount of $5,114,166 with a duration of 1,380 consecutive calendar days (approximately three years and ten months), within the total contract amount and SFPUC January 28, 2025 Regular Meeting Agenda Page 4 of 6 duration, to construct the Millbrae Campus Improvements Project including: renovate existing buildings into industrial shop and storage buildings; construct a new two-story combined laboratory and office building; and retrofit the Administration Building. (Robinson)
11. Approve an increase of 300 calendar days to the duration contingency for Contract No. WD-2878A, Regional Groundwater Storage and Recovery Phase 2A, with Marinship Development Interest LLC, for a revised duration limit of up to 1,258 consecutive calendar days (approximately three years and six months), with no change to contract amount, to provide additional time to properly install vertical turbine lineshafts with the approved operation and maintenance manual. (Robinson)
12. Approve an increase of $350,000 to the cost contingency and an increase of 140 calendar days to the duration contingency for Contract No. WW-719A, Folsom Area Stormwater Improvements – SOMA and Mission Districts Sewer Replacement, with Mitchell Engineering, for a revised cost limit of up to $8,624,245 and a revised duration limit to 697 consecutive calendar days (approximately one year and ten months), due to a safety work stoppage and investigation after the Contractor damaged the MUNI overhead catenary wires on 11th Street, multiple demobilizations and remobilizations to accommodate Special Event street fair closures on 11th Street, cost overruns on a brick sewer repair, and due to an unforeseen conflict with an unidentified drainage pipe, with no change to the locations or alignments of work. (Robinson)
13. COMMUNICATIONS (information only)
a. Advance Calendar
b. Contract Advertisement Report
c. Correspondence Log
d. Water Supply Conditions Update
e. Green Infrastructure Grant Program: Board of Supervisors Quarterly Update f. Quarterly Report on Delegated Actions to the GM for Q3 and Q4 Pursuant to Commission Resolution 24-0185
g. Fiscal Year 2023-24 Report on the CleanPowerSF Program Pursuant to Administrative Code Section 21.43(e)
14. Items initiated by Commissioners (discussion only)
15. Public Comment on the matter to be addressed during Closed Session
16. 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 existing litigation (Government Code §54956.9(d), San Francisco Administrative Code §67.10(d):
Ralph Bower, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco San Francisco Superior Court Case No.: CGC-23-605730
Date Filed: April 10, 2023
Proposed settlement of personal injury claim with the City and County of San Francisco to pay SFPUC January 28, 2025 Regular Meeting Agenda Page 5 of 6 plaintiff Veronica Fulton $40,000, 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
17. Announcement following Closed Session
18. Motion regarding whether to disclose the discussion during Closed Session pursuant to San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.12(a).
19. Adjournment
SFPUC January 28, 2025 Regular Meeting Agenda Page 6 of 6 San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
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