Hi all, We have a very important hearing on Community Choice being held by the SF Public Utilities Commission this Tuesday, February 10, at 1:30pm in room 400 of City Hall. In item 13 there will be a full discussion of where the SFPUC staff is at with Community Choice, including in relation to the LAFCo and CPUC. Barbara Hale and her staff will make a strong case for delay and further meaningless feasibility and viability studies. Good strong enviros need to be there to counter the SFPUC staff's distortions by pointing out that the LAFCo received a report nine months ago that there was no reason not to proceed with a Request For Proposals for the Community Choice project, that the LAFCo is ready to proceed and that since SFPUC staff doesn't seem to understand the need to move ahead immediately - that the SFPUC staff should adopt a -support- role for the LAFCo and its contractors, instead of a lead role that SFPUC staff is clearly not qualified or ready for. We also need to repeat the mantra over and over that critical dates are imminent on Obama stimulus funds, state stimulus funds, closing the Mirant plant, the need for a -big- green jobs new deal (which Community Choice IS), the Peak Oil & Natural Gas Crisis, and the incredible danger of an exponentially expanding climate crisis that is hitting much faster and harder than predicted even a year ago. Any of you who can attend and speak during item 13 please do, and bring others with you! RSVP me if you plan to attend - brookse32@aim.com cheers, Eric Here are the hearing details: http://sfwater.org/detail.cfm/MC_ID/18/MSC_ID/113/MTO_ID/340/C_ID/4383 *San Francisco Public Utilities Commission* *REGULAR MEETING *Tuesday, February 10, 2009 *1:30 P.M*. City Hall, Room 400 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place *COMMISSIONERS* : The Honorable Ann Moller Caen, The Honorable F. X. Crowley, The Honorable Francesca Vietor, The Honorable Juliet Ellis ORDER OF BUSINESS: 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Approval of Minutes a) Minutes of the January 13, 2009 Regular Meeting b) Minutes of the January 27, 2009 Regular Meeting 4. Public Comments Members of the public may address the Commission on matters that are within the Commission's jurisdiction and are not on today's agenda. 5. Communications a) Letter Summary 6. Other Commission Business a) Advance Calendar THE FOLLOWING MATTERS BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION ARE RECOMMENDED FOR ACTION AS STATED BY THE GENERAL MANAGER OF PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CITY ATTORNEY WHERE APPLICABLE. Explanatory documents provided to the Commission in connection with this agenda are available for public inspection and copying at the Office of the Commission Secretary, 1155 Market Street, 11th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103, Telephone: (415) 554-3165, Fax: (415) 554-3424. *CONSENT CALENDAR* 7. All matters listed hereunder constitute a Consent Calendar, are considered to be routine by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, and will be acted upon by a single vote of the Commission. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the Commission or the public so requests, in which event the matter will be removed from the Consent Calendar and considered as a separate item. a) Staff Recommendation: *Approve Amendment No. 1 to Water Enterprise Water System Improvement Program-funded Agreement No. CS-834C4, Sunol Valley Water Treatment Plant (SVWTP) Expansion & Treated Water Reservoir Project -- Environmental Analysis Services*, with ICF Jones & Stokes and *authorize the General Manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to execute* this amendment increasing the agreement by $345,047, for a total agreement amount of $772,117, and with a time extension of one (1) year, for a total agreement duration of two (2) years, eleven (11) months and three (3) weeks. b) Staff Recommendation: *Approve Modification No. 1 to Enterprise-funded Contract No. HH-932, Job Order Contract, General Engineering Services (A-License),* Hetch Hetchy with Yerba Buena Engineering and Construction, increasing the contract by $1,500,000, *for a total contract amount not to exceed $4,500,000, and with a time extension of one year for a total contract duration of three (3) years. * 8. Report of the General Manager a) Water System Improvement Program (Labonte) b) Capital Programs (Kelly) *REGULAR BUSINESS* 9. Public Hearing to consider the proposed Operating and Capital Budgets of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission for FY 2009-2010, and possible action. (Rydstrom) *(Continued from the Special Meetings of January 16, January 20, January 23, and February 3, 2009) * 10. Public Hearing to consider approval of the proposed 10 Year Capital Plan for the SFPUC, and possible action. (Rydstrom) 11. Public Hearing to consider approval of the proposed Efficiency and Strategic Plans for the SFPUC, and possible action. (Rydstrom) 12. Discussion of current water supply conditions and possible drought responses. (Carlin) 13. Discussion of the status of and ongoing staff efforts to implement a Community Choice Aggregation program for San Francisco residents and businesses, including a 2-path approach utilizing 1) industry knowledge and input through a pre-qualification process, while 2) continuing to develop a comprehensive Operational Plan utilizing consulting resources; and the status of efforts with other entities, including the California Public Utilities Commission and San Francisco's Local Agency Formation Commission. (Hale) 14. Discussion and possible action *authorizing the General Manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) to execute on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco a Cooperative Agreement with the State of California, acting by and through its Department of Transportation, for proposed improvements to be made within the State Highway System right of way in connection with Water System Improvement Program. Approve the terms and conditions of, and authorize the General Manager, or his or her designee, to execute, any revocable Encroachment Permit, Joint Use and Maintenance Agreement, or other appropriate similar instrument with the State to allow the SFPUC to construct, maintain, replace, or repair improvements on or across the SHS ROW.* (Quan) 15. Discussion and possible action *authorizing the General Manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to request permission from the Board of Supervisors to accept and expend solar related grant funds*, totaling $610,080, through the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008 as administered by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (109-58), with minimum required local matching funds of $610,080 from the Sustainable Energy Account (SEA) and to execute all documents required therefore. (Hale) 16. Discussion and possible action *authorizing the General Manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to request permission from the Board of Supervisors to retroactively accept and expend grant funds totaling $517,500 from the Department of Water Resources (DWR),* through the Contracting Agency, Zone 7 Water Agency (Zone 7); and to execute all required agreements. (Carlin) *REAL PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS* 17. Discussion and possible action *authorizing the General Manager of San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) to execute, on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco, a Memorandum of Understanding with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority (MTA)* which will allow MTA to transfer a 6,264 square foot parcel to the SFPUC and will also allow the SFPUC to transfer a 5,835 square foot parcel to MTA, subject to the terms and conditions specified in the MOU, and *to request the Director of Property to prepare and submit legislation to the Board of Supervisors* to accommodate the transfers. (Dowd) *CLOSED SESSION* etc. -- "I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves." -- Che Guevara