SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
City and County of San Francisco
Daniel Lurie
Mayor
SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, January 29, 2026
1:30 PM
(Approved February 24, 2026)
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, City Hall, Room 408
(Note different meeting day and room location)
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
SFPUC January 29, 2026 Minutes Page 2 of 3
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. Public Hearing and discussion: Water Enterprise and Hetch Hetchy Water Budget and Capital Plan (discussion only)
a) FY 2026-27 and FY 2027-28 Operating Budget
i.Water Enterprise Budget and CIP Presentation
ii.Water Enterprise & Hetch Hetchy Water New Proposals FY 2026-27 & FY 2027- 28 Steve Ritchie, Assistant General Manager – Water, presented Item 3a.
No public comment provided.
b) FY 2026-27 to FY 2035-36 10-Year Capital Plan, including the two-year Capital Budget
i. Water Enterprise Budget and CIP Presentation
ii. Water FY 2027-36 10-Year CIP
iii. Final WTR Datasheets
iv. HHWP FY 2027-36 10-Year CIP
v. Final HHWP Datasheets
Mr. Ritchie presented Item 3b.
• Tom Francis, Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency (BAWSCA) Water Resources Manager, submitted written comment to the Commission, read a portion of the comment relating to the Water Supply Agreement with the City and County of San Francisco, stated BAWSCA met with SFPUC staff and reviewed material in advance of the 10-Year Capital Plan and two-year Capital Budget presentation, and stated the two groups planned to engage in discussion on that day.
• Stephen Rainaldi, City of Millbrae Vice Mayor, provided comment urging the Commission to curtail the one-half billion dollar capital improvement plan for the Millbrae parcel on El Camino Real.
• Ann Schneider, former City of Millbrae Mayor and current Millbrae representative to BAWSCA, provided comment describing Millbrae as an overburdened community and as regional infrastructure that SFPUC, San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), Caltrain, California High-Speed Rail, and Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) all cause significant economic harm by taking City of Millbrae land.
SFPUC January 29, 2026 Minutes Page 3 of 3
4. Motion to continue meeting to a Special Meeting noticed for Thursday, February 5, 2026.
On motion to continue meeting to Thursday, February 5, 2026:
Ayes: Arce, Leveroni, Jamdar, Stacy, and Thurlow
5. Recess to 1:30 PM Thursday, February 5, 2026 at City Hall, Room 408.
President Arce recessed the meeting at 3:20 P.M.