How were going to get to where we need to go. Water conservation. How long is this meeting . 13 hours . [laughter] no. The conversation should take place in the public we should encourage everybody to attend if theres nothing further to add at this point ill go ahead and call for public comment. Commissioners are we okay . Yes Vice President king. I just wanted to backtrack to when we initially came up with this idea there was something that prompted it and what was it . Food waste. What . Or financial yeah. Okay and so this meeting was going to take place february . Yeah. So its a long time coming. It will be quick; it will be fine. Is there any publicment comment . Francisco, decosta please. Thank you, sir let me state a few things. Just like the San Francisco Public Utilities commission is an Enterprise Department and you know you dont get the moneys from the general fund the department of the environment was created initially when the pg and e sold the power plant and with those mo
Of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all please be advised that the ripping of and use of cell phone and parnlz and other Electronic Devices are not presumed to be innocent and a anyone maybe leadout of this meeting. Please be advised the public has up to three minutes unless the Port Commission adapts other minutes Public Comments not lists on the agenda. Any Public Comment . Item 6 executive directors report. Good afternoon, everyone thank you for joining us today were putting out a couple more chairs. Thanks for your patience a little bit bigger crowd. And happy holidays. My first two items neither of representatives to be recognized are here yet so if you dont mind commissioners id like to put that over its entirely possible theyre working off of 315 so im not sure when they will arrive. But if i could skip the 70th birthday and the jeremy 70th birthday then my neck item is the pier
That question . Thank you commissioner vietor. Todd rydstrom assistant general manager and cfo we have in the past looked at our rates both water and sewer to provide indicators to conserve the water and so this, under new legal not case law but Legal Practice has been discovered that we should move towards a uniform rate and this is one example where were proposing to smooth rates over the next 4 years to move to a single uniform rate for sewer that will level ize rates and make the calculations easy but however on the other hand it takes away the price signal for Water Conservation because we have a combined bill never the less its before you and to make it gradual we proposed it as as a 4year smoothing. Commissioner moran. Thank you also on 5 l we are talking about the proposed regulations for admin ist ering the rate lets just make one observation in the enforcement section as i read it the penalty for not reducing or not curtailing your your usage during a drought is that it would
Sfgovtv staff and puc staff for assistance during this meeting. If you wish to comment dial 4156550001. Meeting id access code 2490 474 7569. To raise your hand press star 3. Know you must limit your comment to the topic discussed unless on the other hand general Public Comment. If you dont stay on topic the chair will ask. Refrain from use of profanity. Address remarks to the commission and not to individuals. Silence your electronic device. Before i go to the land acknowledge. I want to welcome commissioner stacie. I would like to announce the puc acknowledges owns and stewards of the unseed lands in the historic territory of the troib and other descendants of the federal Mission San Jose band of Alameda County. Sfpuc recognizes every sides within the greater bay area has and continue to benefit from the use and occupation of the tribes lands. Since before and after the sfpuc found nothing 1932, it is important that we not only recognize the history the tribal landos which we reside
Francisco. And i am honored to be here and honored to represent 261 but i do have to admit that it was actually oscar before him that worked with the mayor, and ed lee at the time who was the head of dpw, and they put together the first Public Sector Apprenticeship Program and it was the first of its kind, a public, private partnership and we were able to capture a lot of local residents and create these Job Opportunities for them. What i was able to do was simply, dot the eyes and cross the ts and so i am getting far too much credit but thank you, brother. It is important though, to this commission and to the mission of this department, because the gardeners are incredibly dedicated to the work that they do. And when we talk about the open space, and the green space and the playing fields and the trees and the golf courses and whatever it is. These are people who are giving their entire lives to the city and county of San Francisco and also times, we focus on some negative stories or