Published By: Commission
Gavin Newsom
MAYOR
AGENDA
SPECIAL MEETING
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
11:30 A.M.
City Hall, Room 400
Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
COMMISSIONERS
The Honorable Richard Sklar, President
The Honorable Ann Moller Caen, Vice President
The Honorable E. Dennis Normandy
The Honorable Adam Werbach
The Honorable Ryan L. Brooks
| DEPARTMENTS Water Department City Distribution Division Water Supply & Treatment Hetch Hetchy Water & Power Wastewater Program Water Pollution Control |
BUREAUS Customer Service Environmental Regulation & Management Financial Services Human Resource Services Information Technology Services Infrastructure Division Real Estate Services Strategic & Systems Planning Water Quality |
Susan Leal
GENERAL MANAGER
Mary Y. Jung
SECRETARY
Disability Access
The Public Utilities Commission meeting will be held in Room 400, City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA. The Commission meeting room is wheelchair accessible. The closest accessible BART station is the Civic Center Station at United Nations Plaza and Market Street. Accessible MUNI lines serving this location are: #47 Van Ness, and #71 Haight/Noriega and the F Line to Market and Van Ness and the Metro Stations at Van Ness and Market and at Civic Center. For information about MUNI accessible services call (415) 923-6142. There is accessible curbside parking adjacent to City Hall on Grove Street and Van Ness Avenue and in the vicinity of the Veterans Building at 401 Van Ness Avenue adjacent to Davies Hall and the War Memorial Complex.
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Know your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance
(Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code)
Government’s duty is to serve the public, reaching its decisions 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 the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, City Hall, Room 409, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA 94102-4683 at Phone No.: (415) 554-7724; Fax No.: (415) 554-7854; E-mail: sotf@sfgov.org. 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 www.sfgov.org.
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Lobbyist Registration and Reporting Requirements
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ORDER OF BUSINESS:
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS
Water System Improvement Program Assessment Workshop
3. Presentation and discussion of the Water System Improvement Program Assessment Draft Report. (Irons)
Staff Recommendation: Discussion only. The workshop is a presentation of the draft report for the Water System Improvement Program Assessment. The assessment was conducted by Parsons and CH2MHill, program management consultants to the SFPUC.
4. Approval of Minutes
a) Minutes of the September 27, 2005, Regular Meeting
5. Public Comments
Members of the public may address the Commission on matters that are within the Commission’s jurisdiction and are not on today’s agenda.
6. Communications
7. Commissioners’ Questions and Matters
a) Old/Ongoing Business by Commissioners
b) Introduction of New Business by Commissioners
c) Commission Business
8. Report of the General Manager
a) Alameda Creek Issues (Carlin)
b) Proposed Hetch Hetchy Fee Increase
c) Sandbag Saturday and Flood Prevention Efforts
d) O’Shaughnessy Award Recipients
THE FOLLOWING MATTERS BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION ARE RECOMMENDED FOR ACTION AS STATED BY THE GENERAL MANAGER OF PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CITY ATTORNEY WHERE APPLICABLE.
Explanatory documents provided to the Commission in connection with this agenda are available for public inspection and copying at the office of the Commission Secretary, 1155 Market Street, 11th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103, Telephone: (415) 554-3165, Fax: (415) 554-3424.
CONSENT CALENDAR
9. All matters listed hereunder constitute a Consent Calendar, are considered to be routine by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, and will be acted upon by a single vote of the Commission. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the Commission or the public so requests, in which event the matter will be removed from the Consent Calendar and considered as a separate item.
a) Staff Recommendation: Award Contract No. CW-352, 23rd Avenue/31st Avenue/Arguello Boulevard/Funston Avenue Sewer Replacement, in the amount of $971,079 to J. Flores Construction.
b) Staff Recommendation: Award Contract No. CW-404, Geary Express Underpass Pump Station Motor Control Center Replacement, in the amount of $147,190 to Phoenix Electric Company.
c) Staff Recommendation: Approve the proposed project for the San Joaquin Valve House Facility Upgrade, reject the sole bid of Yerba Buena Engineering & Construction, Inc. for Contract No. HH-915, San Joaquin Valve House Facility Upgrade; approve the revised bid of Yerba Buena Engineering & Construction, Inc. in the amount of $348,000; and award this contract in the amount of $348,000 to Yerba Buena Engineering & Construction, Inc.
d) Staff Recommendation: Accept work performed for Contract No. CW-312, Ashbury Street/Frederick Street/Woodland Avenue/Willard Street Sewer Replacement; approve Modification No. 2 (Final) increasing the contract by $23,332.47, for a total contract amount of $1,213,898.52; with a time extension of 165 calendar days, for a total contract duration of 365 consecutive calendar days; and authorize final payment of $152,213.62 to JMB Construction, Inc.
e) Staff Recommendation: Accept work performed for Contract No. CW-350, Manor Drive/Pinehurst Way/Molimo Drive/Monterey Boulevard/Dorcas Way Sewer Replacement; approve Modification No. 2 (Final) decreasing the contract by $65,980.79 for a total contract amount of $827,439.21; and authorize final payment of $76,207.24 to Harty Pipelines.
f) Staff Recommendation: Delegate to the General Manager of Public Utilities authority to approve mutually agreeable interpretations of the Master Water Sales Contract (Contract) between the City and County of San Francisco and the Suburban Purchasers, limited to disputes relating to classification and allocation of expenses and assets and related adjustments to the calculations of the suburban revenue requirement and the balancing account associated with suburban review of the compliance audit for prior fiscal years that do not proceed to arbitration under Section 8.02 of the Contract.
REGULAR BUSINESS
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS
Award
10. Discussion and possible action related to Contract No. WD-2401R, Calaveras Valve Lot Upgrade. (Irons)
Staff Recommendation: Award Contract No. WD-2401R in the amount of $1,403,000 to Power Engineering.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS
Amend
11. Discussion and possible action related to amending Agreement No. CS-706A, Energy Conservation Services, Public Renewables Partnership. (Hale)
Staff Recommendation: Approve Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. CS-706A with the Center for Resource Solutions to provide energy conservation and renewables planning and services, and authorize the General Manager of Public Utilities to execute this amendment, increasing the agreement by $368,962, for a total amount of $1,958,512, and with a time extension of ten consecutive months, for a total agreement duration of three years and ten months.
SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS
Power Enterprise Workshop
12. Presentation and discussion of the Power Enterprise’s Draft Business Plan. (Continued from the meetings of August 9, 2005, September 13, 2005, and September 27, 2005) (Hale)
Staff Recommendation: Discussion only. The SFPUC Power Enterprise provides energy services to municipal departments from the Hetch Hetchy powerhouses and other power and efficiency services, including on-site renewable generation; provides streetlighting services; represents San Francisco's interests on energy issues in State and Federal forums; manages utilities planning for redevelopment projects such as Treasure Island; and protects San Francisco's interests in receiving services from Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
Discussion will include policies and programs under development, such as electric utility infrastructure development to serve San Francisco's needs, Community Choice Aggregation, and municipalization.
CLOSED SESSION
13. Public comments on matters to be discussed in Closed Session.
14. Motion on whether to assert the attorney-client privilege regarding the matters listed below as Conference with Legal Counsel.
THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION WILL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:
15. Threat to Public Services or Facilities – Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54957 and San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.10(a). (Clayton)
Consultation with: Agency counsel concerning security of SFPUC Water and Power Systems.
16. Conference with Legal Counsel – Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.9(a) and San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.10(d).
Existing Litigation: Lai Seem Chiang v. City and County of San Francisco Claim No. 06-00045
17. Conference with Legal Counsel – Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.9(a) and San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.10(d).
Existing Litigation: Betty Taylor v. City and County of San Francisco Claim No. 05-02235
18. Conference with Legal Counsel – Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.9(a) and San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.10(d).
Existing Litigation: Norma Fogelberg v. City and County of San Francisco Claim No. 06-00719
19. Conference with Legal Counsel – Pursuant to California Government Code Section Government Code Section 54954.5(c) and Administrative Code Section 67.8(3).
Anticipated Litigation: City as Plaintiff
20. Conference with Legal Counsel – Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.9(a) and San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.10(d)(1). (Mueller)
Existing Litigation: Pacific Gas and Electric Company v. City and County of San Francisco; U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of California, Case No. 01-30923-DM, filed June, 2004.
21. Conference with Legal Counsel – Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.9(a) and San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.10(d)(1). (Mueller)
Existing Litigation: Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Docket No. ER05-1190-000, filed July 1, 2005.
22. Conference with Legal Counsel – Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.9(a) and San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.10(d)(1). (Mueller)
Existing Litigation: Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Docket No. ER00-565-018, et al., filed November 1999.
23. Conference with Legal Counsel – Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.9(a) and San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.10(d)(1). (Mueller)
Existing Litigation: Pacific Gas and Electric Company v. City and County of San Francisco; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Docket No. EL05-133-000, filed June 29, 2005.
FOLLOWING THE CLOSED SESSION, THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION WILL RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION.
24. Announcement following Closed Session.
25. Motion regarding whether to disclose the discussions during Closed Session.
ADJOURNMENT
