San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Citizens’ Advisory Committee

AGENDA

October 20, 2008

5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
 1155 Market Street
4th Floor Conference Room

Members

Alex Lantsberg - Chair	Richard T. Hansen	Kimia Mizany
Nick Carlin - Vice Chair	Lurilla Harris	Laurie Schoeman
Judy West, Secretary	Winchell Hayward	Erwin Tanjuaquio
Jennifer Clary	Art Jensen	Robert Varni
David Drabkin	Steve Lawrence

Staff: Jim Marks

Disability Access
The CAC meeting will be held in the Conference Room on the 4th Floor of the SFPUC Offices located at 1155 Market Street. (between 7th & 8th Streets) The Conference Room is wheelchair accessible. The nearest accessible BART station is the Civic Center Station at United Nations Plaza and Market Street. Wheelchair accessible Muni bus lines serving this location are: 5, 6, 7, 9, 21, 66, and 71. Metro Lines are F, J, K, L, M and N. For information about accessible Muni services call (415) 923-6142.
 
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(Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code)
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The ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the Chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person(s) responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices.

1. Call to order
   
   
2. Roll Call
   
   
3. Approval of the minutes of the July 21, 2008 Meeting (attached).
   
   
4. Public Comment – members of the public may address the Committee on matters that are within the Committee’s jurisdiction and are not on today’s agenda.
   
   
5. Report from the Chair (10 minutes)
   
   
6. Staff Presentations

   a) Discussion and possible action regarding the recently release the final Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) and staff’s recommendation to adopt the so-called WSIP Phased Variant, which would hold the system’s water delivery to the current 265 million gallons of water per day until 2018, at which time the SFPUC and its 27 wholesale customers would begin a planning process to re-evaluate demand projections and water supply sources. (30 minutes), Kelley Capone, SFPUC Bureau of Environmental Management

   i. Issue – How will the SFPUC and its wholesale water customers meet their customer demand, while at the same time be good environmental stewards of the local and Tuolumne Watersheds?
   ii. Desired result – Familiarity with the new WSIP Phased Variant
   iii. Proposed Action – Staff asks for support of the WSIP Phased Variant.
   

7. Discussion and possible action on the resolution proposed by the Water Subcommittee urging the SFPUC to revisit its policies regarding identifying and declaring SFPUC-owned properties surplus, and the management of the current properties that the agency owns.

   a) Issue: SFPUC owns a considerable amount of property in San Francisco, some in active use for distribution, collection, treatment and disposal of water, some surplus. Some community members have concerns regarding the potential use of SFPUC-owned properties in San Francisco, and the environmental stewardship of these lands.
   b) Desired Result: A revised policy regarding surplus property.
   c) Action: Approve the resolution urging the General Manager and Commission to include the SFPUC Stewardship policy and protect those parcels that have public benefit.
   

8. Discussion and possible action to support for the Retrofit on Resale Ordinance to go before the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

   a) Issue: How to ensure proactively that water saving plumbing fixtures are installed in all San Francisco buildings?
   b) Desired Result: A City ordinance that provides an enforcement mechanism that speeds up the installation of high efficiency plumbing fixtures.
   c) Action: Support proposed legislation
   

9. Subcommittee Reports: (20 minutes)

   a) Water – Jennifer Clary
   b) Power – Kimia Mizany
   c) Environmental Justice – Laurie Schoeman
   d) Wastewater – Alex Lantsberg
   

10. Discussion of potential future agenda items: (5 minutes)
    
    
11. Announcement/Comments (5 minutes)
    
    
12. Adjournment

Additional materials not listed as explanatory documents on this agenda, if any, that are distributed to the SFPUC Citizens’ Advisory Committee (CAC) prior to or during the meeting in connection with any agenda item will be available to the public for inspection and copying in accordance with Government Code Section 54954.1 and Sunshine Ordinance §§ 67.9, 67.28 (b) & 67.28 (d), at 1155 Market Street, 11th Floor.