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At a glance: SFPUC votes May 20 — minutes, rates, contracts and water-agreement amendments approved
Summary
The SFPUC approved minutes, a consent calendar, wholesale water rates for FY2025-26 and multiple contract and amendment items, and authorized the general manager to execute an amended and restated regional water supply agreement. Votes were unanimous where recorded.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission on May 20 approved a series of procedural and substantive items, including the minutes from April 8, a consent calendar of procurement actions, fiscal year 2025-26 wholesale water rates and charges, multiple contract amendments, and a major amendment to the regional water supply agreement with wholesale customers. Where roll-call recorded, the four commissioners voted unanimously.
Summary of key actions and recorded votes:
- Approval of minutes of April 8, 2025 (Item 3): Motion to approve was called and the commission recorded a unanimous vote (President Stacy: Aye; Vice President Arce: Aye; Commissioner Jamdar: Aye; Commissioner Levarone: Aye). No public comments affected the motion.
- Consent calendar (Items 7a'f): The commission approved the consent calendar, which bundled multiple contract awards and administrative items. The motion passed unanimously.
- Wholesale water rates and charges for FY2025-26 (Item 8): Staff presented the proposed wholesale rate of $5.80 per CCF, a 2.3% increase from the current $5.67 rate; commissioners approved the rates by recorded unanimous vote. Staff explained the drivers as operating expense growth, higher debt service and increased allocation of regional costs to wholesale customers as wholesale volumes recover. BOSCA representatives said they understood the process and considered the increase moderate.
- Contract and procurement actions (Items 9, 10, 11, 12, 13): The commission approved a set of contract actions including extension of the Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant New Headworks contract duration by 212 calendar days for demolition work (no budget increase), award of a 10-year, $15 million professional services pool for Sonoma Valley facilities improvements to CDM Smith, an amendment to the Biosolids Digester Facilities construction management contract (increasing contract capacity to $68,500,000 total to continue construction management through facility start-up), amendments to multiple as-needed construction management pools, and a modification to an as-needed water service line replacement contract to add $4.3 million for pavement restoration while a new paving contract is procured. All of these items were approved by unanimous recorded vote where the minutes show roll call.
- Regional water-supply agreement (Item 14): The commission authorized the general manager to execute a 2025 amended and restated water supply agreement and to execute amendments to four individual water-sales contracts. The package reduces or adjusts minimum purchase obligations for several wholesale customers, adds a drought-rebound reset and a "family plan" concept that allows wholesale customers to share allocation outcomes under certain drought conditions. Commissioners approved the amended agreement by unanimous recorded vote. BOSCA reported support for the amendments and said approval would allow member agencies to consider the changes promptly.
- Amendment to water-sales contract with Redwood City (Item 15): The commission approved a second amendment to a water-sales contract to allow transfer of 12 suburban retail customers (a subset of about 85 suburban retail customers discussed in prior years) from SFPUC retail service to Redwood City service where water mains already exist; commissioners approved the amendment unanimously. Staff said outreach to the affected property owners will continue following the action.
Votes and roll-call: Where the transcript records roll-call, President Stacy, Vice President Arce, Commissioner Jamdar and Commissioner Levarone each voted "Aye" on the listed recorded items; no "No" or "Abstain" votes were recorded in the public portions of the meeting minutes.
Ending: The meeting record shows several additional staff reports and public comments; the commission adjourned after approving the agenda items and moving into closed session on litigation matters (closed-session disclosures were withheld by the commission vote).
