3107452 and and dial 10 to be added to the speaker line. The auto prompt will see callers are entering question and answer time but this is Public Comment period. You will be cued up in the order in which your call is received and you will hear an automated voice that when tell you when it is your turn to speak. When your microphone has been unmuted, you will be asked to speak and your speaking time will begin. I will alert you when your time has expired and move on to next speaker. Make sure youre in a quiet location, you turn off any tv or radios and if youre livestreaming, mute the sound to reverbate any communication. Madam president , your first order is business item 3, approval of the minutes of apri. Commissioners, you have before you the minutes of the march 10th motion to accept. Commissioner paulson, do we have a second . Second, commission maxwell, second. Thank you. Are there any additions or corrections to the minutes . Seeing none, is there any Public Comment for the minutes of march 10th . Mr. Moderator, members of the public who wish to make Public Comment on item 3, approval of the minutes of apri, access code 3107452 and followed by again and dial 10 to be added to the speaker line. And we will wait. Madam secretary, im going to enable question and answer mode on the line. Thank you. Operator your question is now in question and answer mode. To summon each question, press 10. Madam president , mr. Moderator, do we have any calls . We have no one wishing to give Public Comment. Closing Public Comment. I will again call for the motion, all those in favour . Aye. Commissioner we need a role call. Im doing that, city attorney. President cane . Aye. Vice president viatore . Commissioner moran. Commissioner maxwell and commissioner paulson. We have five ayes. Ok, the motion carries. Next item, please. The next item is item number 4, general Public Comment and members of the public may address the commission on matters within the commissions jurisdiction and not on todays agenda. Members the public who wish to make Public Comment on item 4, general Public Comment dial 888 2733658, access code 3107452 and pound followedpy pound again. Dial 10 to be added to the speaker line. Mr. Moderator, can you please open the lines and well give it 45 seconds or so. Madam secretary, there are two callers on the line. First caller, please. Operator you have two questions remaining. Question can you hear me . Yes, go ahead. Question my name is chris gilbert. Im representing the cr club bay chapter, particularly the water committee. I want to urge the sf puc to continue to address a question of how to restore the bay delta and the tawalmai river in particular. There was a directive given last year, i believe, for the staff to answer the question, what would it take to manage the design drought with the bay delta plan in effect which hasnt been fully answered and i request that that be pursued. We are concerned about the decline in the environment there and the fish stocks and with a possible new drought coming, we need to make sure that the environment and the peoples livelihoods that depend on that environment in the bay delta are considered along with making sure that water gets provided to San Francisco. Thank you. Thank you. Next caller, please. Operator you have one question remaining. Question good afternoon. This is peter drechmyer and i appreciate the opportunity to comment. As you know, the San Francisco bay area is one of the most environmentally conscious regions of the world and, yet, weve seen very little progress on environmental protections from the sf puc. I was loo looking back over the documents from the 1995 Settlement Agreement and theres a lot of discussion about the need, the sf puc, to develop alternative water supplies, but in reality, weve had little progress, especially compared to places like los angelos. And then in 2008, with the water system improvement program, the issue came up again and weve been great with conservation, but weve only averaged about one mgd and thats the recovery and storage property in san matteo county and progress on the recycled water. So we did a lot of reports saying these are things that could be done and timelines, but nothing get launched. Weve actually lost opportunities and theres a regional waste water plant is valley water, recently, entered an agreement with Mountain View to build a 9 mgd advanced purified water system to make recycled water healthier for plants. So the 2 mgd could opt that river water because its used in the river area, but the 9 mgd is giving it a second life in a different Water District and that was a real lost opportunity. We need to think about what we need to do to move forward on these projects. As i mentioned before, the kirkwood agreement was signed in 1988. Thank you, peter. Thank you very much. Thank you. bells ringing . Madam secretary, theres one more caller in the cue, my apologies. Thank you. Go ahead, speaker. Operator you have one question remains. Question good afternoon, utilitys boards and president and members. Alita dupree for the record and ive spoken to you on occasion before. My miscellaneous feelings about puc is to continue the work of clean power sf and to increase the percentage of renewables that are offered in all classes of service. And i have been following clean power sf since 2013. So im very aspirational in this idea. I want San Francisco to use more renewables and i ask thaw continuthat youcontinue to be ae city to reduce the amount of particularettes and Greenhouse Gases being emitted. I ask that you continue to stay the course with the work of creating a municipal in the utility district. I think this will make San Francisco a cleaner and greener city. Mr. Moderator, any other callers . No, the cue is empty. Thank you. Madam president , having no other public callers, Public Comment on item number 4 is closed. The next item is item 5, communications. Yes. Commissioners, any comments on communications . Seeing none, i will move on to the next item. Im sorry. Public comment on number 5 . Yes, mr. Moderator, can we please open the phone lines and members the public who wish to make Public Comment on communications, dial 888 2733658 and access code 3107452, followed by pound and pound again and dial 10 to be added to the speaker line. Madam secretary, we have one caller in the cue to far. Ok. Go ahead and operator you have one question remaining. This is on item number 5, communications. Question yes, thank you. President cane, this is a mr. Dupree for the record. Please use pronounces she and her in the minutes and correspondence and this is concerning 5c, which is leds and leds are very important to me and i practise leds in my home and im very pleased that this city has, although belatedly, has worked very aggressively to convert the streetlight to led. We save a lot of electricity as i read in the report. They save about one third over the previous mode. So i know that the decorated streetlight is something that is challenging, but i think that we can do led lighting and also preserve the historical significance of these fixtures. I think its important to the as aspirational because every kilowatt hour is a benefit we can do Something Else here which will make our great city cleaner and green. Greener. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Moderator, any other callers on item 5 . No other callers in the cue. Thank you. Madam president , Public Comment on item 5 is closed. Yes, next item, please. Next item is item 6, report of the general manager. Mr. Kelly. Good afternoon, commissioners. Can you guys hear me . Yes. But we cant see you. [ laughter ] you wanna see me . [ laughter ] ok, we can do that. Where is that . There it is. So good afternoon, commissioners, and thank you for your support and for helping us to continue our essential work. We would like to keep delivering water and power and Sewer Services to our customers. Over the past several weeks, we have transformed the way we do business. Many of our employees are working remotely, representatives are taking calls from their homes, accounting and finance and payroll from their homes. Our Water Conservation teams are doing evaluation evaluations one instead of inperson. And a lot of folks are reporting at the puc facilities and job sites to do their work. In all of our pause well, a lot folks have paused their daytoday work so they can lend work for our city or the puc Departmental Operations Center and thats really to help a citywide effort. And i am just proud to say despite the operational challenges, our customers receive a wider power and Sewer Services without any interruption. From start of this pandemic, we definitely focus on the health and safety of our employees first. Employees who can do their job remotely are doing so and they have equipment and they need to make it happen. For employees who are still working and are at the puc facilities and work site, we are remain steadfast in our approach to safety and social distancing practises and ensuring that workers have the necessary ppe or personal protective equipment they need. Its all following the guidance of the federal, state and local agencies. Last time we met, i told you that we are standardized the enhanced distancing procedure at the puc facility and work site and put in place voluntary Health Screenings for anyone coming spot locations. But since then, we began mandatory Health Screening at our bright street facility and southeast treatment plant. Later this week, well do the same city distribution. These screenings include Health Questionnaires and inperson temperature checks. Employees who show symptoms are not permitted on site and are provided information on covid19 testing appointments. We also have taken steps to ensure customers continue to have access to water, power and Sewer Services, especially those who arthose. inaudible . There were power setoffs due to late payments and we waive late fees and we provided rental payment deferments for tenants of our facilities. This week, we announced a new 500,000 Grant Program to support small and local businesses in the bayview neighborhood an that are being impacted by this pandemic. This is made possible by our social impact partners, our mayor london breed, supervisor walton and the office of economic and workforce development. But we know that we need to do know and in the coming days, we will approve and expand our customer assistance program, our regular place for residential customers to maximize discount opportunities who need it the most. This effort will include the online forum, automatically extending the program for current roles and new criteria for new enroleee enrollees who e experiencing Financial Difficulties during this covid19. This will save a 15 on your water bill through september of 2020, a 30 savings on your power bill and a 35 savings on your waste water bill. Finally, we are continuing to respond to this pandemic. We are also looking forward or towards recovery and also the future. This week, we are finalizing the number of vacant positions are essential to our operations and well move forward in recruiting and the hiring process between now expect end of the fiscal year. Or at the end of the calendar year. And so, we are working diligently to identify savings for this current fiscal year and build out a revised budget for the next fiscal year. And we are collaborating with utilities from across the country to create a plan to bring employees back to work and return our operations to normal while keeping our workplace healthy. And so i want to thank you again for your support on all of these efforts and on the support to continue to work with the commission over the coming weeks and months and so, thats the end of my report. And if you have any questions, feel free to ask. Commissioners, any comments . Seeing none, madam secretary, could we open this up to Public Comment . Members of the public who wish to make comment on item number 6, dial 888 2733658, access code 3107452 and fouled bfollowed by pound and pound again and 10 to be added to the speaker line. Mr. Moderator, my calls . No callers in the cue. As such, i will close Public Comment. To the general manager, thank you for your very good service and the entire staff of our 2500 employees who are moving forward in this very unfortunate time. With that said, next item, please. The next order of business is item 7, the bay area water supply and Conservation Agency written update. And a written memo was provided from bosco for the update for this month and its included in the packets. Commissioners, any comment on new business . Thats the boscoe report, madam president . Correct. Seeing none, moving on to the next item. Actually, madam president , i will call Public Comment on item 7. Member of the public who wish to make Public Comment on item 7, dial 888 2736558, access code 3107542 and followed by pound and pound again and dial 10 to be added to the speaker line. Mr. Mo moderator, any calls . No callers in the cue. Having none, Public Comment on item 7 is closed. Next item, please. Item 8 is new commission business. I believe were in the consent calendar. No, item 8, no commission business. Lets see. According to me, the consent calendar is item 8. I believe there is an issue with your script. Witem 8 is new commission business. Oh, ok. Thats probably why things are i have this as item 7. Ok, so new commission business. Commissioners, any new business to speak to . Seeing none, next item, please. Next item is item 9 and consent calendar and all matters listed here to constitute a consent calendar to be retained by the San Francisco utilitys commission and acted upon by the vote of the commission and there will be no separate vote unless the public so requestions, in which the matter will be removed and considered as a separate item. Commissioners, any others to be removed for further discussion . Hearing none from the public, any item to be removed from the consent calendar . Madam secretary, could you please instigate the Public Comments on this item . Yes, members of the public to make a comment on item 9, the consent calendar, dial 888 273365 888 2733658, and y pound and pound again and dial 10 to be added to the speaker line. Mr. Moderator, do we have any calls . Madam secretary, no callers in the cue. Thank you. And as such, Public Comment on item number 9 is closed. Commissioners, may have a motion and a second . Move to approve sophie maxwell, move to approve consent calendar. Ill second, this is commissioner victoria. Thank you. All those in favour . Actually, madam president , shall i call a role call vote on that . Yes, indeed, thank you. President cane. Aye. Vice president viatore. Aye. Commissioner moran. Aye. Commissioner max well. Well. Commissioner paulson. Aye. There are five ayes. Next item is item 10, approve cuw 35210, the recapture project, adopt the required California Environmental quality act findings including a statement of overriding considerations and the mitigation monitoring and reporting program and authorized the general manager to implement the project and agm howe will provide a brief introduction. Good afternoon. Go ahead. Calling for mr. Ritchie. This is kathy howorowe. This is to adopt the ceqa project, this is under the water system improvement program. The project will allow us to recapture water that is released from the calaveris dam and recaptured at one of the quarry pits and downstream of the calaver issue s dam. We will advertise the project for construction bids and thats sometime this is june or july of this year. This is commissioner vitore, and i would like to remove the item. Commissioner moran seconds that. And commissioners, any further discussion . Any questions . Seeing none, madam secretary, open it up to Public Comment. Thank you. Members who wish to make a comment, dial 888 2733658, access code 3107452 and pound followed by pound again and dial 10 to be added to the speaker line. While were opening up the speaker line, we did receive a letter that was forwarded to the commission from a from alemeda y and they are in support of the project. Moderator, any additional callers . There are no callener callere cue at this time. Thank you, Public Comment on item 10 is closed. The item has been moved and seconded and could you please call the role call for the vote . President cane. Aye. Vice president. Aye. Commissioner moran. Aye. Commissioner maxwell. Aye. Commissioner paulson. Aye. There are five ayes. The motion carries and next item, please. Item 11, approve project number 10014227, transmission and distribution project and authorize the release of 56,608 in funding for construction for contract dd130, corridor transmission and phase 3. This action authorizes a second notice to proceed for equipment purchases only and no construction. And this will be introduced by agm howe. Good afternoon, commissioners. Again, this item is to release the funding for the construction portion of the design build contract for the bay corridor transmission and distribution project. This contract is to build the new substation will be at 398 quinnton street in sanfrancisco and approving the release of the remaining funding is to allow us to proceed with the procurement of Electrical Equipment which usually has