Transcripts For SFGTV Government Access Programming 20240713

Transcripts For SFGTV Government Access Programming 20240713

Next item, please. Item nine is consent calendar. All items listed are considered to be retained by the San Francisco Public Utilities commission and acted upon by a single vote of the commission. No separate discussion of these items unless a member of the commission or public rate ques quests. The matter will be removed from the calendar and considered a separate item. Commissioners, would you like any item removed . All foz, i dont. Okay. General public, any item remov removed . May i have a motion . All of those in favor . The motion carries. Next item. Item ten write approve modifications of the San Francisco San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Grant program and authorize a general manager to approve future modifications to the Grant Program. Commissioners, steve ritchie, this is an item to make some minor changes to the Grant Program rules. The first of which is to change the name of the program to the onsite water reuse program. Secondly is to expand existing requirements for brewery process Water Treatment systems. This is a new area of water reuse that we are getting into now. We have to make some tweaks there. There will be some minor editorial changes here. And the most important, item four, authorize the general manager consultation for the City Attorney to approve future modifications to the program that do not materially increase the obligations or liabilities to the city. We would recommend approval of the item. Any questions . Certainly going through the drought experience, everybody became more and more interested in opportunities for reuse. In the brewing industry we have had conversations with more than one where they have processed water to be used. Things like that. That is a significant source of water. They wanted to see what they could do in terms of becoming greener. We have talked with them about the ability to take processed water, not domestic wastewater. Treating that, in some ways, so they could actually reuse it in the process. Making beer out of it basically. Because, you know, some of the brewers are our customers in terms of water supply and wastewater because of the strength of the wastewater. Anything we can do cuts costs for them and gives them the potential to use that. They reprocess, its a way of reprocessing water that they use so it goes back into their system . Yes. It is all self within the brewery. Nobody is doing it yet. But we are in conversation. There are proposals that are moving around out there. At some point will it be something thats a part of something they do for business . Yeah, i think the longterm is to be part of the industry. Its just in its initial stages right now. Thank you. Bawsca you have a question, as well. I dont mind delegating a party for the general manager for a it didnt say anything about material costs and whether that would be required to come back, or if that would be delegated to the general manager as well . That would require to come back in terms of the obligations or liabilities. If we were taking on new obligations increase in the Grant Program, or liability issues that we were starting to face we would have to bring that to the commission. Okay. I would like to move the item. Second. Any questions from the public . Seeing none. All of those in favor . The motion carries. Thank you. Next item, please. Item 11. Ill adopt revised section g, Cross Connection control of the San Francisco Public Utilities commissions rules and regulations governing Water Service to customers and fomenting article 12 a of the San Francisco health code. Again steve ritchie. This is a lesson sexy, but very important of our business as Cross Connection control to make sure there nothing that affects the quality of the water supply a potential Public Health. This is modification of our rules and regulations to clarify rules for inspection requirements for new water surfaces to make sure that proper Cross Connection control is implement it there. Also Food Development of emergency Cross Connection response plan. Standard plan system means it is not a dual plum system, you can have Cross Connections in those trade we wanted to make sure that that was covered. People actually would accidentally cross connect between the water and wastewater system. That is something that can happen. That is why you have basically experts who work in the field to make sure they dont do that. And then a variance process is being added so if there is some reason that somebody would need a variance from the rules that that could be granted by the general manager. Again, only a Public Health is connected. This is a central part of our program. Would you explain Cross Connection to a second . Cross connection is where there is either an intentional, or accidental connection between a water supply, and some nonpolitical water or even wastewater. When you open up a wall, or you open up the ground there is all kinds of plumbing there. The potential to ms. Connect them, so that you are introducing not Drinking Water into the Drinking Water system always exists. We have careful rules to make sure that that does not happen. Thank you. Any other questions or comments . I would like to move the item. Second. General public, and any comments or questions . All of those in favor . Opposed . The motion carries. Next item. Item 12, approve two Resource Adequacy contracts for cleanpowersf executed by the general manager, between the San Francisco Public Utilities commission on Pacific Gas Electric company with a term of three years and total 26. 1 million. Approve the sale of r. A. Products to Pacific Gas Electric company and Southern California edison in an amount not to exceed 3. 5 million and authorize the general manager to seek retroactive approval from the board of supervisors for the r. A. Contract. Barbara hale, assistant general manager for power. The contract in front of you allow us to work towards compliance with the state of californias Resource Adequacy reliability requirements. These are standard Term Contracts utilizing standard contract form that the industry has accepted that has been approved by the board of supervisors. Happy to answer any questions you may have. Any questions . I move for approval. Thank you. General public, any questions . All of those in favor . Opposed . The motion carries. Next item. Item 13, approve form of Second Amendment to revolving credit and term loan and restated fee letter with state street bank and Trust Company to increase the Principal Amount by 100 million and extern extended the term by four years. May i have slides please . Hello again, richard morales, manager of sfpuc. Supporting the interim Funding Program of the wastewater enterprise. Real quickly, in terms of the background, the wastewater went from a Funding Program which is authorized in the amount of seven and 50 million over seven series. Supported by several high bank facilities. Primarily is for the issuance of commercial papers. The interim Funding Program primarily through the issuance of commercial paper provides lowcost interim funding of the wastewater capital program, which in todays market cost approximately 2 all in. Two of the interim programs, which you saw in the prior site, the 100 million state street Bank Facility, and the 100 milliondollar barclay Bank Facility expire later this month. With todays action, he would be approving a 200 million amended facility with state street bank with one extending its existing 100 million facility and replaces their 100 milliondollar berkeley facility. This transaction was included in the Capital Financing plan that was just presented to you earlier today. State street was selected after a competitive rfp procurement process with six a bank. Their proposal represented the lowest cost responsive proposal. The key terms or for your time and an annual fee of 0. 32 or six on a 40 per year over the fouryear term. An option to extend for an additional year, one additional year as long as the fee doesnt exceed 800,000. The bank was selected because of its strong ratings and credit this is my favorite part of my job, i would like to report that state street proposal is there fee is lower than the fees before it and berkeley has been charging for the facilities that are about to expire. By approving this facility we will be saving ratepayers about 100,000 annually or 400,000 over the term of the agreement. Today we are asking you to approve the agreement as shown on the side. I will not to read them. State street bank not to exceed 200 to Million Dollars for the wastewater capital program. 200 million for the wastewater capital program. Sets forth the disclosure question and answers that we now routinely present to the commission in order to fulfill the commissions disclosure obligations when it appears that transaction of this nature. In the interest of time, i will not go through each of these unless you want me to. Again, happy to answer questio questions. I would like him to go through some of them. Its a fast. Okay. Anyone in particular . Went on a pick some of the key ones. Why dont i pick some of the key ones . Obviously i talked about the competitive solicitation process. Once the facility is in place we will post publicly on this website which is a public website Offering Memorandum that describes and discloses the condition of the wastewater enterprise, and the puc and the bank because its very important. In terms of payment, obligatio obligations, they are obligated to pay commercial paper investors when payment is due. If for some reason we cannot, the bank then steps in to make payment. We then have to reimburse the bank later on. In terms of repayment source, repayment is for the net revenues of the wastewater enterprise. The next slide. How much a debt with the wastewater having closing . We are not adding any new debt we are just replacing the new facility. No addition of any new debt here. How will this emphasis this facility impact rates . Since i rates are estimated to go down by approximately. 02 per month for the average wastewater sewer bill. That is because it is a lower cost facility. What is the impact on the p. U. C. s credit rating, specifically the wastewater rating . The rating agencies did read this and our ratings were affirmed. Thank you. Any other questions . When are you going to execute this . On the 15th, next week. Tuesday. The berkeley facility is expiring on the 16th. I see. Okay. Any questions . I guess so. We have something in place of the rate wont change before that time . We have to replace the expiring facilities because we have an authorized program of 750 million. 200 million of which is expired. If we do not replace them i understand that. The state bank will be in place, i mean, we have something that keeps the rates the way they a are . What they propose to us, yes. Good. All right. Any other questions . Any Public Comment . May have a motion . Moved. Second. All of those in favor . Opposed . The motion carries. Thank you. Next item. Item 14, award a Green Infrastructure grant to the San Francisco Unified School District to design and if the project proceeds, constructive Stormwater Management features at Bessie Carmichael middle school located at 824 harrison street in San Francisco, authorized the general manager to execute a with sfusd with a duration of 20 years and in the amount up to 128,000. Do we have anybody presenti presenting . Thank you. This item talks about two elements, one is the design and the other is construction. It spoke explicitly to the design money being available presently. Is the construction money available presently . Yes, it is. That is already appropriated and ready to go . Yes. The issue there is ceqa has not been created for the project. All you can improve is disbursement of funding for design and this will actually need to come back to commission again. Wanted to make sure we werent inadvertently obligating funds that had not been appropriated yet . The answer to that is no. Thank you. Other questions . I move for approval. Second. To the public, any comments . Seeing none. All of those in favor . Opposed . Motion carries. Next item. Item 15, approve modifications to project number Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant r cwwsipse02. Control plant new headworks facility, to remove scope associated with conversion conversion of Bruce A Flynn pump station to an all weather pump station. We are asking for approval for the scope of the headworks facility, because we changed the scope we had to go back for environmental review. We got approval for adding on a new lift station at the headworks facility. We are deleting a tie into the existing pump station. We would need your approval before our contractor can advertise. When you say lift station, what does that mean . It just means that originally the design was bruce flynn is considered a wet weather pump station that was only used one wet weather. The original design was going to convert it so that we could use it for dry weather as well. But then we found there were a lot of problems with that. So, we are going to use build a new station that basically brings the flows into the headworks facility. The dry weather and flows. The pumps will be than they are at bruce flynn. What is left . It basically brings it down the sewer, and the Collection System and pumps it higher up into the headworks. Yeah, so the term lift is to lift from one elevation up to another. Instead of a pump station, they call it a lift station. It is essentially still a pump station. It is pumping from lower down and higher up into our headworks. Also, dry weather, during dry season we have a very small flow. System wise its about 70 million gallons per day, others it is 500 million gallons per day. Wet weather it is really important that these facilities come online because we have so much volume. In dry weather it is all yearround. Right. We were having problems using the wet weather pumps to pump such a small flow. We ended up going to a separate pump station. Thank you. Do we have a motion . I will second. Any Public Comment . All of those in favor . Opposed . The motion carries. The last item, please . Item 16. Authorized the general manager to execute a memorandum of understanding with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency as part of the sfmtas Improvement Project for a total estimated cost to the p. U. C. Of 11,843,747. This action constitutes the approval action for the project for the purpose of ceqa. This item is to basically work out the agreement with mta, howard fong talked earlier about these joint projects we have with 15 or public works. In this case sfmta is replacing tracks. This first segment that we worked out to replace water mains and sewer, we are basically taking the sewer from under the tracks, and putting two sewer pipes outside of the track area. This just works out, how we are going to Work Together with mta taking the lead on construction. We have talked about the difficulty on some of these Large Multi Agency projects and how to keep them on schedule. Has not taught us anything as we put together this m. O. U. . It has. We actually went ahead of m. T. A. And we advertised our own construction project to replace sewer and water ahead of m. T. A. In this case, because they are taking out the tracks, we could not go of them. What we have learned is that we really need to do partnering, even within our internal city family. Normally we have partnering with the contractor. We have instituted partnering within the city departments to work out and iron out details of how we were together and if we have issues. Those are facilitated partnering sessions. Im trying what does that partnering look like . Basically team, the project team that is going be working on the project and identifying or being clear about roles and responsibilities and approval process for change orders, and just how to handle the disagreements that we may have and trying to keep on schedule so that we dont delay. Harlan knows as well. The general manager, kelly, participates in the van ness partnering sessions. He attends a monthly, at the director and general manager level. I think that is what has helped put van ness back on track. Well. [l

© 2025 Vimarsana