San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Citizens Advisory Committee

AGENDA

February 26, 2007
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
1155 Market Street
4th Floor Conference Room

Members

Alex Lantsberg– Chair	Richard T. Hansen	Steve Lawrence
Nick Carlin	Winchell Hayward	Kimia Mizany
Jennifer Clary	David Hochschild	David Pascal
Ken Cleaveland	Art Jensen	Robert Varni
David Dawdy	Robert Jung	Judy West

Staff: Suzanne Gautier

Chair Lantsberg called the meeting to order at 5:35pm

Members Present: Lantsberg, Cleaveland, Dawdy, Hansen, Hochschild, Jensen, Carlin, Lawrence, Pascal

Members Absent: Clary, Hayward, Mizany, West, Varni

A motion to approve the minutes of the June 2006 Regular meeting by Cleaveland, seconded by Lawrence. Motion carried, minutes approved.

A motion to approve the January 2007 Regular meeting by Lawrence, second by Cleaveland. Motion carried, minutes approved.

Public Comment – no public comment at this time.

Report from the Chair:

2006 Report Update, the Chair will review the report submitted by staff and report back to the CAC at its next regular monthly meeting.

Letter to Board of Supervisors regarding committee vacancies – see attached, there has been no response as of today to this letter.

Letter to General Manager Leal regarding strategic and financial plans – see attached, staff will provide additional information about the Sustainability Plan and what financial and strategic reporting the SFPUC does that may, or may not, satisfy the criteria for reporting as set forth in Prop. E. Report from SFPUC staff to be presented at the March 2007 Regular Monthly meeting.

Items that may be presented include: Strategic Plans

Performance Measures

Financial Statements

Long-term Capitol Plans

Staff Presentation: Proposed water and sewer rate adjustments – Communications and Finance Divisions, this presentation was given by Tony Winnicker and Karol Ostberg, and was accompanied by handouts on water conservation strategies and programs offered by the SFPUC. Highlights included: Capacity Fee for water for new developments, Clarification of the impact of "combined sewer system" on our rates, and the rates of other utilities, our Lifeline or CAP program for low income customers, commercial rate package differences and how will the SFPUC respond to persistent criticism of our rate increases.

Public Comment: David Pilpel remarked on the impact of the extended "rate freeze".

Subcommittee Reports:

Power: David Hochschild reported on the Solar Program and the need to monitor SFPUC commitment to it. The next meeting, March 6, will feature a presentation on the Hydroelectric Dam and the SFPUC Hydro Power operation; member Pascal will chair it.

Environmental Justice: David Pascal reported that a letter would be sent to GM Leal requesting information about the SFPUC response to the policy on environmental justice, look for a resolution from this subcommittee in March.

Water: Alex Lantsberg reported that the water subcommittee heard a presentation on the Emergency Response Protocols of the SFPUC, they are in development and being refined. There was a report on the Recycled Water Project at Sharp Park in Pacifica and a report from Michael Carlin on the Water Enterprise Budget and Long Range Planning. Water Subcommittee has changed its meeting day to the 4th Wednesday of each month, beginning on March 28, 2007.

Wastewater: Alex Lantsberg reported that the subcommittee had heard about Emergency Response Planning, most responses from SFPUC will focus on delivery of water. Evaluation criteria for the wastewater master plan will be completed at the end of Spring 2007. The Swale letter and resolution will be re-introduced at the March meeting. The subcommittee will pursue the viability of waterless urinals in San Francisco.

The meeting adjourned at 6:55pm