Published By: Commission
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AGENDA The Honorable Ann Moller Caen, President |
DEPARTMENTS AND ENTERPRISES Water Enterprise Gavin Newsom Michael Housh |
Disability Access
This special Public Utilities Commission meeting will be held in at the Casa de la Vista, (former Officer’s Club) 271 Palm Avenue, Treasure Island, San Francisco, CA. The Commission meeting room is wheelchair accessible. The closest accessible BART stations is the Embarcadero MUNI/BART underground station and the MUNI F line above-ground trolley stops both located one block away from the Transbay Terminal on Market St. @ Fremont St.. Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island are serviced by the San Francisco MUNI 108-Treasure Island bus line. The 108 line departs for Treasure Island from the Transbay Terminal (Mission St. @ Fremont St. in downtown San Francisco) approximately every 20 minutes. For information about MUNI accessible services call (415) 923-6142. There is accessible curbside parking adjacent to the Casa de la Vista, (former Officer’s Club) on Palm Avenue.
The following services are available on request 48 hours prior to the meeting; except for Monday meetings, for which the deadline shall be 4:00 p.m. of the last business day of the preceding week: For American sign language interpreters or the use of a reader during a meeting, a sound enhancement system, and/or alternative formats of the agenda and minutes, please contact Michael Housh at (415) 554-3165 or our TTY at (415) 554-3488 to make arrangements for the accommodation. Late requests will be honored, if possible.
In order to assist the City's efforts to accommodate persons with severe allergies, environmental illnesses, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical based products. Please help the City accommodate these individuals. Individuals with chemical sensitivity or related disabilities should call our accessibility hotline at (415) 554-6060.
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
ORDER OF BUSINESS:
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. 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.
4. Communications
5. Other Commission Business
CONSENT CALENDAR
6. 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: Approve the plans and specifications and award Wastewater Enterprise funded Contract No. WW-466, Sewer Inspection/ Sewer Cleaning/ Easement Sewer Sealing, in the amount of $699,250, to the lowest, qualified, responsible and responsive bidder, A&B Construction; provided, however the aforesaid amount shall be adjusted during performance or upon completion of the Work in accordance with the Contract Documents.
b) Staff Recommendation: Accept work performed for Wastewater Enterprise funded Contract No. WW-428, Sewer Inspection/ Sewer Cleaning/ Easement Sewer Sealing, by JF Pacific Liners, approve Modification No. 1 (Final) decreasing the contract by $45,811.26, for a total contract amount of $1,731,893.74, and with a time extension of 65 consecutive calendar days for a total contract duration of 430 consecutive calendar days; and authorize final payment, in the amount of $173,189.37, to the contractor
c) Staff Recommendation: Approve a Revocable Permit with the State of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) for a 10 foot wide temporary construction easement along the north and south side of an existing utility right of way easement that traverses SFPUC property.
REGULAR BUSINESS
7. Discussion of Commission Rules of Order, and roles and duties of the Commission and the General Manager. (Ambrose)
8. Discussion of Commission priorities for the 2008-2009 fiscal year. (Commissioner Normandy)
ADJOURNMENT
