SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
City and County of San Francisco
Daniel Lurie
Mayor
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, March 11, 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 March 11, 2025 Regular Meeting Agenda Page 2 of 7 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.
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ORDER OF BUSINESS
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Approval of the Minutes of February 25, 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) Quarterly Audit and Performance Review Report
b) Auxiliary Water Supply System/Emergency Firefighting Water System Presentation c) Hetch Hetchy Capital Improvement Program Report
d) Report on Recent San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Activities, Events and Announcements
6. CONSENT CALENDAR
a) Award Grant Agreement No. PRO.0300 (G), Demonstration Garden Programming and Maintenance to Earth Island Institute, acting as the fiscal sponsor for Garden for the Environment, to operate a public demonstration garden and deliver educational programming for a term of nine years and in an amount not-to-exceed $2,000,000; and approve a nine-year, no-fee revocable license with Earth Island Institute as the fiscal sponsor for Garden for the Environment to use approximately one-half acre of real property under the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission at 7th Avenue and Lawton Street in San Francisco as a public demonstration garden and outdoor educational site in conjunction with the PRO.0300 (G) Agreement. (Ritchie)
b) Award Job Order Contract No. JOC-109R, General Engineering (A License) Construction, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne Counties, Hetch Hetchy, in the amount not-to-exceed $5,000,000, with a guaranteed minimum task order opportunity amount of $50,000, and a duration of four years , to the responsible bidder that submitted the lowest responsive bid, Njirich & Sons Inc., to perform A-licensed general engineering construction work on San Francisco Public Utilities Commission systems and operations around Hetch Hetchy. (Robinson)
c) Approve Modification No. 1 to Job Order Contract No. JOC-97, General Engineering (A License) Construction, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Alameda Counties, with Ground Control Inc., to increase the contract not-to-exceed amount by $2,500,000, for a revised not-to-exceed contract 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)
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REGULAR CALENDAR
7. Approve modifications to the Project Learning Partnership Grant Program Rules to increase the number of grant awards to reach a wider audience of youth and young adults as directed by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, better align grant funding with program costs, incorporate best practices administrative and reporting changes consistent with new city grant performance standards; and authorize the General Manager to execute Grant Agreements under the modified Grant Program. (Ordikhani)
8. Authorize the Issuance of Water Revenue Bonds, 2025 Series A (Refunding) (Water System Improvement Program (WSIP)) (Green Bonds), 2025 Series B (Refunding) (Local Water), and 2025 Series C (Refunding) (Hetch Hetchy Water) Bonds (collectively, the 2025 Water Refunding Bonds) to (i) pay the purchase price of certain outstanding water revenue bonds of the SFPUC tendered for cash pursuant to the Invitation, (ii) advance refund certain outstanding bonds for structuring purposes, (iii) current refund certain outstanding water revenue bonds of the SFPUC, and (iv) pay the costs of issuance of the 2025ABC Bonds to refund up to $1.889 billion of all or a portion of the outstanding 2015 Series A, 2016 Series A, 2017 Series B, 2017 Series C, 2017 Series D, 2019 Series A, 2019 Series B, 2019 Series C, 2020 Series B, 2020 Series E, 2020 Series F, 2020 Series G, and 2020 Series H, all subject to prevailing market conditions at time of sale. The Commission resolution will approve the refunding bond sale as follows: the Water Revenue Bonds, 2025 Series A Bonds (Refunding) (WSIP) (Green Bonds) to currently refund certain outstanding 2015 Series A and 2017 Series A or purchase and refund certain 2016 Series A, 2017 Series D, 2019 Series A, and 2020 Series E Bonds if such bonds are tendered by investors for debt service savings or advance refund certain bonds for structuring purposes; and the Water Revenue Bonds, 2025 Series B Bonds (Refunding) (Regional and Local Water) to current refund certain outstanding 2017 Series B Bonds or purchase and refund certain outstanding 2019 Series C, 2020 Series B, 2020 Series F, and 2020 Series G Bonds if such bonds are tendered by investors or advance refund certain bonds for structuring purposes for debt service savings; and approve the form of, and authorize the execution and delivery of, related documents; and authorize the General Manager to negotiate the sale of the 2025 Water Refunding Bonds, as the General Manager determines is in the best financial interest of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, subject to the terms of the Commission resolution. (Hom)
9. Award Contract No. HH-1016, San Joaquin Pipeline Valve and Safe Entry Improvements Phases 2B and 2C, to the responsible bidder that submitted the lowest responsive bid, Ranger Pipelines Incorporated, in the amount of $50,296,818, and with a contract duration of 1,204 consecutive calendar days (approximately three years and four months), to replace inline valves and install removable spool pieces at crossover vaults (Emery, Roselle, and Pelican) and at the P4J Tie-in, to provide safe pipeline isolations for personnel entry into the pipelines. (Robinson)
10. Approve an increase of 283 calendar days to the duration contingency for Contract No. WW-662R, Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant Power Feed and Primary Switchgear Upgrades, with Blocka Construction, Inc., for a revised duration limit of 1,938 consecutive calendar days (approximately five years and four months), with no change to the contract amount, due to differing site conditions, design clarifications, delays in delivery of Hetch Hetchy Power to the Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant, operational constraints in the substation cut-over sequence, and construction of additional service protection equipment per Pacific Gas and Electric Company requirements. (Robinson)
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11. Approve Amendment No. 3 to Contract No. PRO.0092, Engineering Services for South Ocean Beach Coastal Erosion and Wastewater Infrastructure Protection, with Moffatt & Nichol-AGS Joint Venture, increasing the contract not-to-exceed amount by $7,000,000, and increasing the contract duration by six years, for a total not-to-exceed contract amount of $12,750,000 and a total contract duration of 15 years, to continue providing engineering design and support services for the Ocean Beach Climate Change Adaptation Project due to on-going extensive coordination efforts among multiple stakeholders, technical complexities, additional analysis and design efforts needed to address challenging negotiations between affected stakeholders, and significant delays associated with the California Coastal Commission, subject to Board of Supervisors approval under Charter Section 9.118. (Robinson)
12. Approve an increase of $2,000,000 to the cost contingency and an increase of 1,095 calendar days to the duration contingency for Contract No. WW-714, Ocean Beach Climate Change Adaptation, Short-term Erosion Mitigation, with Minerva Construction Inc., for a revised cost limit of $5,447,400 and a revised duration limit of 2,299 consecutive calendar days, to provide soft shoreline protection measures when monitoring requires it while the Long-term Improvements project phase continues to be developed. (Robinson)
13. COMMUNICATIONS (information only)
a. Advance Calendar
b. Contract Advertisement Report
c. Correspondence Log
d. Water Supply Conditions Update
e. CleanPowerSF Quarterly Report
f. Quarterly Report to the Board of Supervisors on the Status of Applications to PG&E for Electric Service
g. Quarterly Report of CAISO charges compared with projections and remaining contract expenditures under Contract No. PRO.0152, Power scheduling Coordination and Related Support Services, with APX, Inc. [Board of Supervisors Resolution No. 095-23] h. Water Enterprise Capital Improvement Program Quarterly Report i. Water System Improvement Program Quarterly Report
j. Water Enterprise Environmental Stewardship Policy Implementation Update
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 anticipated litigation (Government Code §54956.9, Administrative Code §67.10(d)(1)):
Proposed settlements of unlitigated claims for property damage resulting from the September 10, 2023 break of a water transmission pipeline at the intersection of Fillmore and Green Streets, with the City to pay the claimants the settlement amounts listed below, each in exchange for a full and final release. This approval is final under the delegated authority granted by the Board SFPUC March 11, 2025 Regular Meeting Agenda Page 6 of 7 of Supervisors (Ordinance No. 20-24 (File No. 231273)).
Claim No. Date Filed Claimant Proposed Settlement Amount 24-01297 January 16, 2024 Pacific Gas & Electric
Company $900,000
24-01906 March 8, 2024 State Farm General Insurance
Company $75,000
25-01143 December 11, 2024 Kurt Niver and Kristina May $75,000 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL regarding existing litigation (California Government Code, Section 54956.9(d), and San Francisco Administrative Code, Section
67.10(d)):
City and County of San Francisco v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. Supreme Court, Case No. 23-753, certiorari granted May 28, 2024; City and County of San Francisco v.
California State Water Resources Control Board (Alameda Superior Court Case No. RG-19042575, Filed October 30, 2019) United States, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco (Northern District of California Case No. 24-cv-2594, Filed May 1, 2024) (Discussion Only) (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
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