San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Citizens Advisory Committee

MINUTES

July 23, 2007
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
1155 Market Street
4th Floor Conference Room

Members

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

The meeting was called to order at 5:32pm

Roll Call:  Members Present: Alex Lantsberg, Nick Carlin, Jennifer Clary, David Dawdy, Richard T. Hansen, Winchell Hayward, Art Jensen, Steve Lawrence, Robert Varni

Members Absent:  Ken Cleaveland, David Pascal, Kimia Mizany

Moved by member Hansen, second by member West for approval of the minutes of the March 26, 2007 and June 25, 2007 Regular Meetings, motion carried without objection.

Public Comment – there was no public comment at this time

Moved by member Jensen, second by member Hansen that the CAC adopt the recommendations presented by the Wastewater Subcommittee to add Jack Lendvay to the Wastewater Subcommittee, and by the Water Subcommittee to add Tim Colen to the Water Subcommittee.  A friendly amendment to the motion was accepted, separating the nominations of Jack Lendvay and Tim Colen into two separate items.

Discussion and vote on the motion to adopt the recommendation of the Wastewater Subcommittee to add Jack Lendvay to the Wastewater Subcommittee.  Moved by member Jensen, second by member Clary.  Motion carries, unanimous by all members present.

Discussion on the motion to adopt the recommendation of the Water Subcommittee to add Tim Colen to the Water Subcommittee.  Motion was postponed by member Clary (Chair of the Water Subcommittee) and will be reintroduced at a later meeting of the CAC.

The Chair reported on the regular quarterly presentation to the Commission.

Highlights from the report include:  Environmental Justice as a guiding principle in all policies and programs of the SFPUC, the Biodiesel and FOG programs of the SFPUC.

The Commission was generally receptive to the report from the SFPUC CAC.  Future presentations may include a written report, and the Chair has the ability to designate one or more CAC members to present these updates to the Commission, and that the written reports be provided to the Board of Supervisors on a regular basis.

At the request of the Chair, the agenda was modified to allow the presentation, discussion and possible action on a proposed resolution relative to Doyle Drive be undertaken at this time.

Following presentations by Ruth Gravanis, in support of the resolution and by Gary J. Kennerley, a Doyle Drive Project proponent, CAC members discussed the motion.  This motion was passed at the Wastewater Subcommittee. 

Discussion items included:  Low Impact Design, on-site treatment “best management practices”, engineers role in crafting solutions to storm water treatment and discharge, “hydro-carbons”, hydrology of rainwater, flow volume.  Members of the public, Joan Girardot and Emeric Kalman made comments on the motion relative to flow volumes and capacity fees. Jack Lendvay requested clarification of statements made about meeting with SFPUC staff on this topic.

Following the discussion member Clary, author of the motion, withdrew the motion and said that it would be referred back to the Wastewater Subcommittee for further consideration before being resubmitted to the full CAC.

Discussion and possible action on recommendations to change the enabling legislation of the CAC to fill CAC vacancies.  (20 minutes)

Brief Subcommittee Reports included: 

Water – Jennifer Clary – the next meeting of the subcommittee will be held on Wed. July 25, 2007, there will be no meeting of this subcommittee in August.

Power – Nick Carlin reported on behalf of the subcommittee about the “green building” program proposals of the Mayor’s office, and hopes to have a full CAC presentation on LEED buildings and how to obtain LEED certification. The link below will provide the Mayor’s Report. 

http://www.sfenvironment.org/downloads/library/gbtfrrreleasev1.2.pdf

Environmental Justice – The subcommittee is waiting to review a letter from GM Leal.

Wastewater – Alex Lantsberg reported on the status of the Wastewater Master Plan.

Future agenda items will include:  Revisions to CAC enabling legislation, the suggested revisions will be provided to all members prior to the next meeting.

Joan Girardot asked if the CAC would be making any official comments to the WSIP PEIR.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:10 p.m.