San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Citizens' Advisory Committee

Minutes

June 25, 2007
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
1155 Market Street
4th Floor Conference Room

Staff:Jim Marks

ORDER OF BUSINESS

1. Chair A. Lantsberg called the meeting to order at 6:05 p.m. after K. Mizany arrived to establish a quorum.
   
   
2. Roll Call:

   a. Members present: Lantsberg, Hansen, Hayward, Jensen, West, Carlin, Clary, Cleaveland, and Mizany.

   b. Members absent: Dawdy, Lawrence, Varni and Pascal.

   c. Members of the public present: Nancy Wuerfel; Emeric Kalman
   
   

3. The minutes from the meeting of April 23, 2007, were adopted unanimously without comment.
   
   
4. Public Comment regarding matters not on today’s agenda: Concerning the recently announced decision that the City would no longer purchase bottled water for its employees: Ask the Department of the Environment what they are doing with respect to this issue. Mr. Hansen requested that a copy of the opinion piece on bottled water authored by SFPUC General Manager Susan Leal and Department of the Environment Director Jared Blumenfeld that appeared recently in the SF Chronicle be made available to each of the members of the committee.
   
   
5. Report from the Chair: (Because of the delay in obtaining a quorum, the Chair’s report and some subcommittee reports were discussed informally prior to the start of the meeting.) J. Clary (Water Subcommittee) reported on recent activities of that committee, including a progress report on the Bay Division Pipelines projects and a review of the 2005 Parsons Report to see how the WSIP is progressing with respect to the program description in that report. Suggested that CAC members need to spend more time talking to members of the Board of Supervisors. Suggested and members agreed that new biographies of CAC members are needed. K. Mizany reported on Energy Subcommittee activities, including receiving a status update on renewables, obtaining a report on Power Enterprise electricity rates charged to other City departments, and green building initiatives. Members raised questions about green building standards being proposed by Supevisor Peskin; the lack of emphasis on water/stormwater requirements in LEED standards. Members also raised questions about Community Choice Aggregation, how the SFPUC will spend money accrued from the development of the Transbay Cable project, and how the emphasis on renewables might affect electricity rates.
   
   
6. Changes to enabling legislation. Discussion, but no action on this item. Possible action at next month’s meeting. Prior to member discussion, Ms. Wuerfel permitted to raise her concerns about retaining the qualification for someone with financial or engineering expertise to serve on the CAC. Other issues raised: staggering terms (2 years & 4 years to begin) to ensure continuity on the CAC; who will appoint how many members; should there be a “laundry list” of qualifications. Members raised question of whether/how CAC is adding value to PUC.
   
   
7. Subcommittee Public Member Nominations. Members decided unanimously to reconsider these nominations next month after receiving more information about the nominees, including bios.
   
   
8. Doyle Drive stormwater. Members discussed this issue but did not take action; awaiting more detailed information from Iris Martin-Lopez, SFPUC.
   
   
9. Adjournment. Meeting adjourned at 7:12 PM.