SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
City and County of San Francisco
Daniel Lurie
Mayor
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, June 24, 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
Meghan Thurlow
Dennis J. Herrera
General Manager
Tiffany Lennear
Director of Commission Affairs
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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 June 10, 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) Wastewater Enterprise Quarterly Report Including Southeast Area Major Projects Update (including Biosolids and Headworks)
b) Water Bonds Update – June 2025
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) Approve the novation of Contract No. PUC-0002.D Master As-Needed Security System Maintenance and Integration Services from RFI Enterprises, Inc., DBA RFI Communications and Security Systems, to Pavion Corp. (Flynn)
b) Award Contract No. WW-730, Various Locations Sewer Replacement No. 18 to A. Ruiz Construction Co. & Associates, Inc., in the amount of $7,745,522 and with a duration of 480 consecutive calendar days (approximately one year and four months), to replace/line/mortar 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)
c) Award Contract No. WW-768, As-A Sewer Inspection (FY25) to the sole, responsible bidder that submitted a responsive bid, Pipe and Plant Solutions, Inc., in the amount of $3,289,175 with a duration of 380 consecutive calendar days (approximately one year and one month), selected in accordance with San Francisco Administrative Code section
6.23(c)(2), to inspect existing sewers on an as-needed basis, at locations to be determined by Wastewater Enterprise throughout the City and County of San Francisco. (Robinson) SFPUC June 24, 2025 Regular Meeting Agenda Page 4 of 7
d) Approve Amendment No. 1 to Contract No. PRO.0112, As-Needed Factory Inspection and Surveillance Services, with Bureau Veritas North America, Inc., increasing the contract duration by two years for a total contract duration of seven years, with no change to the contract amount, to continue providing inspection, testing, and surveillance services for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission in support of capital improvement projects. (Robinson)
e) Approve an increase of $3,100,000 to the cost contingency and an increase of 260 calendar days to the duration contingency for Contract No. PW-011, Bay Corridor Transmission and Distribution Phase 4 and Water Improvements, with Mitchell Engineering, for a revised cost limit of $20,118,385 and a revised duration limit of 931 consecutive calendar days, to extend water mains and upsize service pipes prior to a future paving contract; install remote control and monitoring facilities; and remove an abandoned Pacific Gas and Electric Company gas pipeline. (Robinson)
REGULAR CALENDAR
8. Approve updates to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s existing commercial clothes washer rebate program to reduce the rebate from $5,000 per qualifying commercial-grade clothes washing machine to $1,000; remove the 10-dwelling unit or more eligibility requirement for multi-family properties to allow any size multi-family properties to participate for washers installed in common-area laundry rooms; and clarify several minor program terms. (Ritchie)
9. Approve an increase of $1,500,000 to the cost contingency and an increase of 266 calendar days to the duration contingency for Contract No. HH-1013, Moccasin Compound Water System Filtration Addition, with Sierra Mountain Construction, Inc., for a revised cost limit of $6,095,729, and a revised duration limit of 646 calendar days (approximately one year and nine months), for additional costs and schedule impacts related to a revised building foundation system due to unforeseen, differing site conditions. (Robinson)
10. Accept work performed by JDB and Sons Construction, Inc., under Contract No. WW-704, Various Locations Sewer Replacement No. 9; approve Modification No. 4 (Final) decreasing the contract amount by $10,750 for a total contract amount of $3,637,491 and increasing the contract duration by 11 calendar days for a total contract duration of 785 consecutive calendar days (approximately two years and three months), to adjust the final contract amount to the value of actual contract quantities completed and adjust the final contract duration to complete pavement restoration work scope; and authorize final payment to the contractor. (Robinson)
11. Approve an increase to CleanPowerSF’s payment of its share of on-going general and administrative costs under its agreement with the California Community Power Authority from $4,772,710 to a total not to exceed amount of $8,286,095, for a period of 23 years, and authorize the General Manager to seek Board of Supervisors approval. (Hale) SFPUC June 24, 2025 Regular Meeting Agenda Page 5 of 7
12. COMMUNICATIONS (information only)
a. Advance Calendar
b. Contract Advertisement Report
c. Correspondence Log
d. Water Supply Conditions Update
e. Triennial Public Health Goal Report - 2025
f. Alternative Water Supply Program Annual Progress Report 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]
13. Items initiated by Commissioners (discussion only)
14. Public Comment on the matter(s) to be addressed during Closed Session
15. Motion on whether to assert the attorney-client privilege regarding the matter(s) 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):
Farmers Insurance Exchange v. City and County of San Francisco Unlitigated Claim File No.: 25-01132
Date Filed: December 11, 2024
Proposed settlement of an unlitigated claim for property damage resulting from a water main break with the City to pay claimant Farmers Insurance Exchange $101,435, in exchange for a full and final release, subject to final approval by the Board of Supervisors. (Action Item) (Bregman)
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL regarding existing litigation (Government Code §54956.9, Administrative Code §67.10(d):
Jane Gazzola v. City and County of San Francisco
San Francisco Superior Court Case No. CGC-23-610773
Date Filed: December 1, 2023
Proposed settlement of a claim for personal injury with the City to pay plaintiff Jane Gazzola $128,000, in exchange for a full and final release, subject to final approval by the Board of Supervisors. (Action Item) (Bregman)
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CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL regarding anticipated litigation (Government Code §54956.9, Administrative Code §67.10(d):
Hamza Alaudi v. City and County of San Francisco
Unlitigated Claim File No.: 25-00893
Date Filed: November 7, 2024
Proposed settlement of an unlitigated claim for property damage resulting from a water main break with the City to pay claimant Hamza Alaudi $90,000, 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
16. Announcement following Closed Session
17. Motion regarding whether to disclose the discussion during Closed Session pursuant to San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.12(a).
18. Adjournment
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