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SFPUC approves consent items, Flower Mart water assessment and several contract amendments
Summary
At its Feb. 27 meeting the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission approved consent calendar items including a greenhouse demolition contract, authorized a water-supply assessment for the proposed Flower Mart project, and approved two contract amendments to extend terms and increase funding.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission approved a slate of routine and contract items at its Feb. 27 meeting, including the consent calendar, a water-supply assessment for the proposed Flower Mart development and two contract amendments.
Commissioners voted to approve the consent calendar items 10a and 10b by voice vote and later approved item 10c, a contract to demolish greenhouses on PUC property. Commissioners raised questions about reuse and demolition recycling; staff said the Department of the Environment requires recycling of 75 percent of demolition materials and that the greenhouse structures were in disrepair. The commission approved the contract after staff confirmed the low bidder has performed similar work for the agency.
On item 11 the commission approved the water supply assessment for the proposed Flower Mart project in the South of Market district. Public comment at the meeting warned that the redevelopment—described in materials as adding roughly 2,000,000 square feet of office and 204,000 square feet of retail—could increase water demand without adding housing. The commission moved, seconded and approved the item by voice vote.
The commission also voted to approve Amendment No. 2 to agreement CS357 with Obscura Digital to extend the term and increase funding, and Amendment No. 3 to the full-load service contract with the U.S. Department of Energy/Western Area Power Administration, extending the term and increasing the contract amount by $12,360,000. Both measures passed on voice votes with no public comment.
The votes were procedural and taken on the record; the meeting closed after brief new-business remarks about an upcoming staff meeting with the mayor.
