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Votes at a glance: SFPUC approves contracts, MOUs, policy transmittal and personnel actions
Summary
At its Oct. 25 meeting the commission approved the consent calendar (Black & Veatch agreement), multiple MOUs and contract amendments, CEQA findings and a personnel contract amendment; all recorded items passed by voice vote.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission approved multiple agreements, memoranda of understanding and contract amendments during its Oct. 25 meeting. All items listed below passed on voice votes as recorded in the meeting transcript.
Summary of actions and outcomes
- Consent calendar (Item 9a): Approved selection of Black & Veatch Corporation (award agreement PRO0017) for an amount not to exceed $2,500,000, duration four years; motion approved by voice vote.
- Item 10: Authorized staff to submit an ordinance amending Chapter 18 of the Environment Code to align GoSolar SF with Clean Power SF and Hetch Hetchy Power (see separate coverage above); moved, seconded and approved.
- Item 11: Authorized a memorandum of understanding with the Treasure Island Development Authority (TIDA) for operational services on Treasure Island; commissioners approved the renewal by voice vote. Public comment raised concerns about the integrity of some environmental testing contractors on Treasure Island and Bayview Hunters Point.
- Item 12: Authorized an MOU with the Aquatic Science Center for a historic-ecology study (budget approximately $773,679; 60-month duration); approved by voice vote.
- Item 13: Approved amendment to the streetlight pole licensing program to permit distributed antenna systems on concrete poles, subject to pole replacement requirements; passed by voice vote.
- Item 14: Approved conditional termination and transfer of certain water and sewer easements at Park Merced and related jurisdictional transfers with Public Works; passed by voice vote.
- Item 15: Approved Amendment #1 to agreement CS389 (Corolla Engineers) increasing the contract by $19,500,000 (total contract $33,500,000) for additional Headworks design and construction support under the SSIP baseline; passed by voice vote.
- Item 16: Approved Amendment #4 to agreement CS918, increasing the agreement by up to $250,000 with a time extension up to 5.5 months to complete negotiations and resolve claims; passed by voice vote.
- Item 17: Adopted CEQA findings and authorized an increase in construction contingency of $68,793,429 and a corresponding contract duration contingency (up to 134 consecutive days) for contract WD2551 (Calaveras Dam program); passed by voice vote.
- Item 18: Declared a 59,132-square-foot portion of property at Napoleon Street surplus, authorized jurisdictional transfers with Public Works for property exchanges (Napoleon Street and 1801 Gerald Ave); passed by voice vote.
- Closed session (items 21–30): The commission went into closed session and subsequently reported approval of a settlement on item 23 and voted not to disclose closed-session discussions.
- Item 31: Adopted a resolution authorizing the general manager to execute an amendment to the employment contract for the Assistant General Manager for Infrastructure (Catherine Howe); passed by voice vote.
Where transcript did not specify mover/second or roll-call tallies, this summary records outcomes as described by staff and chair in the public record.
