cooking. i really love that we have a gym on-site. i work out four days a week, and it s beautiful working outlooking out over the courtyard that i get to look at. it was hard work to get to the other side, but it s well worth it. i m super grateful to the mayor s office of housing for having this for us. . good afternoon. my name is ann moller caen. i m the president of the san francisco public utilities commission. at this time i d like to call to order the regular meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission. today s date is tuesday, may 12, 2020. roll call, please. president caen? here. vice-president vietor? present. commissioner moran? here. commissioner maxwell? present. commissioner paulson? present. we have a quorum. at this time i would like to make a brief announcement. due to the covid-19 health emergency and given the public health recommendations issued by the san francisco department of public health and mayor brown have lift
at this time i would like to make a brief announcement. due to the covid-19 health emergency and given the public health recommendations issued by the san francisco department of public health and mayor brown have lifted the restrictions on teleconference. this meeting is being held virtually with all members and staff participating today via teleconference. this will ensure the safety of the commission, staff and members of the public. if you have not already done so, i am now going to ask all members of the commission and staff to mute themselves to minimize background noise. this meeting is being televised by sfu tv. for those of you watching live stream, please be aware that there is a 20 to 40-second time lapse between the live meeting and what members of the public are viewing on sfu tv. we extend our thanks to sfu staff and sfu tv i.t. staff for their assistance. if you wish to make public comment on an item, please call the phone line when the item is called. dial 888
present. commissioner paulson? present. we have a quorum. at this time i would like to make a brief announcement. due to the covid-19 health emergency and given the public health recommendations issued by the san francisco department of public health and mayor brown have lifted the restrictions on teleconference. this meeting is being held virtually with all members and staff participating today via teleconference. this will ensure the safety of the commission, staff and members of the public. if you have not already done so, i am now going to ask all members of the commission and staff to mute themselves to minimize background noise. this meeting is being televised by sfu tv. for those of you watching live stream, please be aware that there is a 20 to 40-second time lapse between the live meeting and what members of the public are viewing on sfu tv. we extend our thanks to sfu staff and sfu tv i.t. staff for their assistance. if you wish to make public comment on an
esthetic, and then energy recovery as well. i also wanted to show you this just to provide you a snapshot from our actual design model because we did design it in a bama 3-d model to get you to appreciate the complexity. i showed you the pretty above-ground structures. i want you to see what the contractor has to face. basically when you look at this, all the different colors represent different waste streams, whether it s treated and untreated sludge, wastewater, chemicals, all being laid adjacent to each other. remember, i m connecting to the existing wastewater treatment plant and i also wanted to point out you see those vertical looking piles on the bottom of each buildings, those are piles and based on the last count i got there s 132,000 piles to go along with the 220 cubic yards of soil that are going to be excavated. remember the digesters in the buildings are 65-feet tall, but there s probably about two storeys of infrastructure and pipe galleries and equipment below
good afternoon. i m carolyn shoe and i m the senior project manager for the biosolids digester facilities project. so the biosolids digester facilities project is the largest project in the sfip. here is an aerial of the southeast plant. as you know, it is a critical portion of our infrastructure, providing treatment for close to 80% of the city s wastewater and stormwater, but also one of our oldest facilities. so the purpose of this project is to completely replace the aging facilities and construct new facilities adjacent to the existing plant as shown here in the blue outline. basically through this project we re rebuilding one half of the southeast plant. so with this project we have a rare opportunity in front of us to really build from the ground up, basically start off a blank page for these facilities. so basically we re you know, we went through a robust planning process where we identified and addressed future and long-term operations and regulatory needs. we h