Citizens' Advisory Committee
Water Subcommittee

AGENDA

July 23, 2008
1155 Market Street, San Francisco
4th Floor Conference Room
5:00- 7:00pm

Members

Jennifer Clary – Chair	Lurilla Harris
Art Jensen	Robert Varni
Richard Hansen

Staff:  Suzanne Gautier

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The CAC Water Subcommittee 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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1. Call to order

2. Approval of minutes of June 25, 2008 meeting. (See attached minutes)

3. Public comment-matters within Subcommittee’s scope, not on today’s agenda.

4. Staff Presentation: Westside Recycled Water Project Update:  Paula Kehoe & Barbara Palacios, Water Enterprise

a. Issue: The Water Committee has decided to review San Francisco’s Recycled Water Program; specific concerns are the need for the program, its costs, and potential alternative supplies. Staff is still researching these questions, but will begin be reviewing the current program with the committee

b. Desired Result:  staff will provide a background on the recycled water program to answer basic questions and provide a frame for ongoing discussions of the committee’s concerns.

c. Action: Informational

Supporting documents can be found at the following links:

2006 Recycled Water Master Plan - http://sfwater.org/detail.cfm/MC_ID/13/MSC_ID/165/C_ID/2920/Keyword/recycled%20water%20master%20plan
Notice of Preparation of the Environmental Impact Report: Westside Recycled Water Project - http://sfwater.org/detail.cfm/MC_ID/13/MSC_ID/377/C_ID/4064

5. Resolution concerning use and disposition of SFPUC surplus properties in San Francisco.

a. Issue: At our June meeting we received a presentation on the status of some of the PUC’s surplus properties.  We also heard from several members of the public with their concerns about potential changes in the use or ownership of these properties.  At that meeting, the committee agreed to consider a resolution at their July meeting supporting the concerns expressed by the public commenters.

b. Action: Request adoption of attached resolution

6. Resolution concerning SFPUC use of chloramines

a. Issue:  At our June committee meeting, presentations were given by both the SFPUC’s Water Quality Bureau and by the community group Citizens Concerned about Chloramines on the water system’s use of chloramines as a residual disinfectant.  At the meeting, committee members agreed to consider a resolution asking the SFPUC to support additional studies of the health effects of chloramines. 

b. Action:  Request adoption of attached resolution

7. Announcements by members and reports on other meetings

8. Discussion about future agenda items, including budget items that the Water Subcommittee would like to monitor and acquire more information about at future meetings
   • Local Water Supply Planning
   • Application of “Show me the water” legislation in SF
   • Purple piping regulations in San Francisco
   • Follow up on Best Practices for Capital Reserve Funds
   • Drought supply reliability
 
9.  Adjournment
 
Additional materials not listed as explanatory documents on this agenda, if any, that are distributed to the SFPUC Citizens’ Advisory Committee (CAC) Water Subcommittee 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.