SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
City and County of San Francisco
Daniel Lurie
Mayor
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
1:30 PM
(Approved January 27, 2026)
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
City Hall, Room 400
Commissioners
Joshua Arce, President
Stephen E. Leveroni, Vice President
Avni Jamdar
Kate H. Stacy
Meghan Thurlow
Dennis J. Herrera
General Manager
Tiffany Lennear
Director of Commission Affairs
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ORDER OF BUSINESS
1. Call to Order
President Arce called the meeting to order at 1:30 P.M.
2. Roll Call
Present: Arce, Leveroni, Jamdar, Stacy, and Thurlow
3. Approval of the Minutes of December 9, 2025
No public comment provided.
On motion to approve the minutes of December 9, 2025:
Ayes: Arce, Leveroni, Jamdar, Stacy, and Thurlow
4. General Public Comment
• Susan Mullany provided comment relating to artificial turf. • Bob Hall provided comment relating to the December 18th San Francisco Recreation and Parks Commission meeting.
• Francisco Da Costa provided comment relating to indigenous people. • Martin Gothberg provided comment relating to SFPUC debt. • Denise Louie provided comment relating to the San Francisco Emergency Firefighting Water System.
• Peter Drekmeier, Yosemite Rivers Alliance Policy Director, provided comment relating to the audio quality from meeting room 400 at City Hall, the remote public comment call-in system, and stated the lag time between the telephone and video is 48 seconds.
5. SFPUC Annual Citizens’ Advisory Committee Update
Douglas Jacuzzi, Citizens’ Advisory Committee Chair, presented the update. • Peter Drekmeier provided comment relating to the CAC and expressed his desire to collaborate on providing solutions.
6. Report of the General Manager (discussion only)
a) Report on Recent San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Activities, Events and Announcements
No report provided.
7. CONSENT CALENDAR
a) Award Contract No. WD-2921, Water Main and Sewer Replacement on Palou, Quesada, and Revere Avenues from 3rd Street to Griffith Street, to the responsible bidder that submitted the lowest responsive bid, M Squared Construction, Inc., in the amount of $12,681,070 and with a duration of 775 consecutive calendar days (approximately two years and two months), to install water mains and sewer lines in the Bay View District of San Francisco. This action constitutes the Approval Action SFPUC January 13, 2026 Meeting Minutes Page 3 of 7
for the Project for the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act, pursuant to San Francisco Administrative Code section 31.04(h). The Planning Department has determined that the Project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act. The Commission will rely on that determination to make its decision on this action. (26-0001)
b) Accept work performed by Alltech Engineering Corp, under Contract No. DB-135, O’Shaughnessy Dam New Bulkhead System; approve Modification No. 1 (Final), decreasing the contract amount by $3,497,149, for a total contract amount of $6,359,851, with no change to the contract duration, due to lower-than-expected bid prices of different trade packages, and unused allowances, reserves, and contingencies; and authorize final payment to the contractor. (26-0002) c) Award Contract No. WW-794, As-Needed Large Diameter Sewer Cleaning No. 2, to the responsible bidder that submitted the lowest responsive bid, Pipe and Plant Solutions, Inc., in the amount of $1,197,400, with a duration of 700 consecutive calendar days (approximately one year and 11 months), to provide as-needed sewer cleaning for large diameter sewers at locations to be determined within the City and County of San Francisco. (26-0003)
d) Award Contract No. PRO.0328, SEP7 Operations, Engineering, and Maintenance Buildings Construction-Management Staff Augmentation Services, to SEP7 CM Partners Joint Venture (JV), a joint venture partnership between Consor PMCM, Inc. and Saylor Consulting Group, in the amount not-to-exceed $7,700,000, and with a duration of 40 months (three years and four months), to augment construction management services for the construction services being performed under Contract No. WW-750, Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant SEP-7 Operations, Engineering, and Maintenance Buildings public work construction contract. (26-0004)
e) Approve Amendment No. 1 to Contract No. PRO.0170, Stormwater Management System Billing Project, with Langan CA, Inc., increasing the contract amount by $2,640,422 and exercising the option to extend the contract duration by three years, for a total not-to-exceed contract amount of $7,640,422, and total contract duration of 10 years, to continue providing managed services and managed as-needed services and maintaining the Stormwater Management System to track and invoice for stormwater runoff as a component of the retail customer sewer service charge. (26-0005)
No public comment provided.
On motion to approve the Consent Calendar:
Ayes: Arce, Leveroni, Jamdar, Stacy, and Thurlow
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REGULAR CALENDAR
8. Approve the terms and conditions and authorize the City and County of San Francisco’s Director of Real Estate to execute an Easement Deed with Pacific Gas and Electric Company for the conveyance of an approximately 2,944-square-foot easement for a natural gas meter station on property located at 1800 Jerrold Avenue, San Francisco, California, designated as a portion of San Francisco Assessor’s Parcel No. 5262-009, subject to Board of Supervisors and Mayor approval. (26-0006) Dina Brasil, Right of Way Manager, presented Item 8.
No public comment provided.
On motion to approve Item 8:
Ayes: Arce, Leveroni, Jamdar, Stacy, and Thurlow
9. Approve the forms of (i) Third Amendment to the Reimbursement Agreement together with the Original Reimbursement Agreement for Series A-1 with Bank of America, N.A. (BANA) in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $125 million (exclusive of 270 days’ interest) and an Amended and Restated Fee Agreement; (ii) First Amendment to the Reimbursement Agreement together with the Original Reimbursement Agreement for Series A-2 with BANA in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $125 million (exclusive of 270 days’ interest) an Amended and Restated Fee Agreement; collectively the “Bank Agreements”; (iii) and, included as exhibits to the Bank Agreements, forms of the supporting Letters of Credit and Bank Notes for each agreement; and authorize the General Manager to execute any other necessary agreements to execute the documents described here. (26-0007)
Agenda Item Nos. 9 and 10 were presented together and voted on separately.
Nikolai Sklaroff, Capital Finance Director, announced that non-substantive changes were made to the resolutions for Agenda Item Nos. 9 and 10.
No public comment provided.
On motion to approve Item 9:
Ayes: Arce, Leveroni, Jamdar, Stacy, and Thurlow
10. Approve the forms of (i) Original Reimbursement Agreement and Third Amendment to the Original Reimbursement Agreement with Bank of America, N.A. (“BANA”) for Series A-2, (ii) Reimbursement Agreement with BANA for Series A-3, and (iii) Reimbursement Agreement with Truist Bank for Series A-5, in aggregate principal amounts not to exceed $150 million, $100 million, and $125 million, respectively (exclusive of 270 days’ interest); (iv) BANA and Truist Fee Agreements (together with the BANA and Truist Reimbursement Agreements (collectively, the Bank Agreements); (v) related forms of the Letter of Credit and Bank Notes exhibited in the respective Bank SFPUC January 13, 2026 Meeting Minutes Page 5 of 7
Agreements; (vi) Amended and Restated Issuing and Paying Agent Agreements; and (vii) form of Offering Memorandum; and authorize the General Manager to execute any other necessary agreements to execute all of the documents described here. (26-0008) On motion to approve Item 10:
Ayes: Arce, Leveroni, Jamdar, Stacy, and Thurlow
11. Accept work performed by Mitchell Engineering under Contract No. WD-2861, Auxiliary Water Supply System Clarendon Supply 2019; approve Modification No. 7 (Final) increasing the contract amount by $44,352, within the approved contingency amount, for a total contract amount of $2,784,507, and increasing the contract duration by 1,027 calendar days (which includes 131 additional consecutive calendar days plus 896 calendar days from the duration contingency that the Commission previously approved) for a total contract duration of 1,620 consecutive calendar days (approximately four years and five months), to allow for negotiated resolution of outstanding disputes and delays, completion of all punch list items, including turnover of deliverables for operations and maintenance and completing changes to address unforeseen deficiencies, and reconciliation of final bid item adjustments; and authorize final payment to the contractor. (26-0009)
Ada Zhu, Project Manager, presented Item 11.
No public comment provided.
On motion to approve Item 11:
Ayes: Arce, Leveroni, Jamdar, Stacy, and Thurlow
12. Approve an increase of 188 calendar days to the duration contingency for Contract No.
WD-2840, Southern Skyline Boulevard Ridge Trail Extension, with Gordon N. Ball, Inc., for a revised duration limit of 935 calendar days (approximately two years and seven months), due to adverse weather conditions that delayed hydroseeding, leading to a forecast delay in completion of the contract work, with no change to the contract amount. (26-0010)
Mary Tienken, Project Manager, presented Item 12.
No public comment provided.
On motion to approve Item 12:
Ayes: Arce, Leveroni, Jamdar, Stacy, and Thurlow
13. COMMUNICATIONS (information only)
a. Advance Calendar
b. Contract Advertisement Report
c. Correspondence Log
d. Water Supply Conditions Update
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e. Annual CleanPowerSF Program Report
f. Community Benefits FY 2024-25 Annual Report
g. O’Shaughnessy Facilities Reservations Semiannual Report h. SFPUC Mather Cabin Reservations Semiannual Report
14. Items initiated by Commissioners (discussion only)
No items were initiated by Commissioners.
15. Public Comment on the matters to be addressed during Closed Session No public comment provided.
16. Motion on whether to assert the attorney-client privilege regarding the matters listed below:
On motion to assert the attorney-client privilege:
Ayes: Arce, Leveroni, Jamdar, Stacy, and Thurlow
The Commission entered Closed Session at 2:31 P.M.
CLOSED SESSION
SFPUC Officials and Staff members present during Closed Session: Joshua Arce, Commission President; Stephen Leveroni, Commission Vice President; Commissioner Avni Jamdar; Commissioner Kate Stacy; Commissioner Meghan Thurlow; Dennis Herrera, General Manager; Ron Flynn, Deputy General Manager; Sheryl Bregman, General Counsel; Estie Kus, Deputy City Attorney; David Louk, Deputy City Attorney; Joel Prather, Assistant General Manager-Wastewater; Steve Robinson, Assistant General Manager-Infrastructure; Laura Busch, Deputy Chief Financial Officer; Jannie Ram, Executive Assistant; and Tiffany Lennear, Director of Commission Affairs.
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL regarding anticipated litigation (Government Code §54956.9, Administrative Code §67.10(d):
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)
The Commission exited Closed Session at 3:13 P.M.
17. Announcement following Closed Session
President Arce announced that the Commission took no action in Closed Session.
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18. Motion regarding whether to disclose the discussion during Closed Session pursuant to San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.12(a).
On motion not to disclose the attorney-client privilege:
Ayes: Arce, Leveroni, Jamdar, Stacy, and Thurlow
19. Adjournment
President Arce adjourned the meeting at 3:15 P.M.