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Votes at a glance: SFPUC meeting actions
Summary
A summary of formal actions taken during the SFPUC meeting, including approvals for the 2025 Public Health Goal report, the cross‑connection control plan, contract amendments, and project closeout actions.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission recorded multiple formal actions during its meeting. Below is a concise summary of each action, the outcome and key details. Votes listed reflect the roll‑call statements recorded in the meeting transcript. President Stacy presided; Vice President Arce was absent for several votes.
Item 6 — Consent calendar
- Action: Approve consent calendar. - Outcome: Passed (President Stacy: Aye; Vice President Arce: absent; Commissioner Jamdar: Aye; Commissioner Levarone: Aye; Commissioner Thurlow: Aye).
Item 7 — San Francisco Water System 2025 Public Health Goal report
- Action: Approve the PHG report and direct staff to submit a certification letter to the State Water Resources Control Board documenting the public hearing. - Outcome: Passed (4–0 with one absence). See the separate article for detail on contaminants and lead program progress.
Item 8 — Approve Cross Connection Control Plan and program manual
- Action: Approve draft plan and submit to the State Water Resources Control Board. - Outcome: Passed (4–0 with one absence). The plan expands hazard assessments to all services and includes a multi‑decade timetable and pilot program.
Item 9 — Amend Section G (cross connection) of Rules and Regulations
- Action: Adopt amendments to Section G to implement cross‑connection program updates (record‑keeping, licensed plumber requirements, et cetera). - Outcome: Passed (4–0 with one absence).
Item 10 — Amend professional services contracts (water enterprise)
- Action: Approve Amendment No. 2 to professional services contracts (Kennedy Jenks, AECOM JV, Woodard & Curran, Brown & Caldwell JV) increasing per‑contract authority from $5 million to $7.5 million (combined increase from $20M to $30M authorized across contracts). - Outcome: Passed (4–0 with one absence).
Item 11 — Accept work and authorize final payment, Contract WW‑736 (Castro / Mission sewer improvements)
- Action: Accept work performed by contractor, authorize final payment and approve modification to extend contract duration for additional punch‑list and brick‑sewer CCTV work. - Outcome: Passed (4–0 with one absence).
Item 12 — Increase contingency for contract WD‑2776 (Westside Recycled Water at Oceanside Plant)
- Action: Approve a $5 million increase to the contract contingency to cover extended overhead costs associated with negotiated delays and electrical/mechanical modifications following VFD failures. - Outcome: Passed (4–0 with one absence).
Item 13 — Amend municipal advisory services contracts
- Action: Approve Amendment No. 1 to municipal advisory services agreements with Backstrom McCarley Berry; Montague Rose; and PFM Financial Advisors to increase available contract authority in light of expanded financing needs. - Outcome: Passed (4–0 with one absence).
Notes: The vote counts above reflect the roll calls recorded in the transcript: President Stacy and Commissioners Jamdar, Levarone and Thurlow voted aye on recorded items; Vice President Arce was repeatedly recorded absent. For several items the motion and second were recorded without individual names listed in the transcript.
