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Votes at a glance: SFPUC approves consent calendar, several contracts, delays officer election
Summary
At its Aug. 10 meeting the SFPUC approved the consent calendar of contract amendments, authorized multiple amendments and construction awards including Sunnydale Auxiliary Sewer and dechlorination work, suspended Rule 6 to move officer elections to October, and approved the public health goals hearing record; closed session discussions were not disclosed.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission took multiple formal actions on Aug. 10.
Consent calendar: The commission approved consent calendar items A–H, authorizing agreements and amendments including a memorandum of agreement with the City of San Bruno (not to exceed $167,000), amendments to power enterprise and WISIP agreements (Nukem Anderson McCormick; URS SOHI JV), an increase to an energy efficiency services contract with Cogent Energy Inc., job order contract modifications (Yerba Buena Engineering & Construction) and final payments/contract increases for NTK Construction on the Baylands Recovery Project and Lawrence Livermore water quality projects. The consent calendar was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote with no speakers on the item.
Rule 6 suspension: Commissioners voted to suspend Rule 6 of the Commission’s Rules of Order to move the annual election of officers from the first regular meeting after August to the first regular meeting after October 1, citing delays in reappointments; the suspension was approved by majority voice vote.
Contract approvals and amendments: The commission approved several items on the regular calendar: - Item 11: Approval of the San Francisco Sewer System operations and maintenance plan to address sanitary sewer overflows for the approximately one mile of separated sanitary sewer pipe covered by the permit; motion passed by voice vote. - Item 12: Approval of a five‑year Memorandum of Agreement with the U.S. Department of the Interior/National Park Service (Yosemite) for watershed protection, environmental stewardship and security work, authorizing cumulative expenditures up to $30,000,000 over five years; motion passed by voice vote. - Item 13: Amendment to a peer review engineering services agreement (Edward J. Cording) increasing the amount by $160,000 and extending the duration; approved by voice vote. - Item 14: Amendment to Jacobs Associates for Sunnydale Auxiliary Sewer engineering support services increasing the agreement by $3,850,000 and extending the contract to 60 months; approved by voice vote. - Item 15: Award of the Sunnydale Auxiliary Sewer Project (W 487) in the amount of $37,381,800 to Super Excavators Inc.; motion passed by voice vote. - Item 16: Approval of plans, specs and award for Poulgas dechlorination facility modifications (WD2607) in the amount of $1,864,560 to NCII Inc.; motion passed by voice vote.
Closed session and disclosure: The commission held closed session on items addressing threats to public services/facilities and anticipated litigation (items 19 and 20). The commission reported no action was taken in closed session and voted not to disclose the discussions.
Ending: All motions were adopted by voice vote with no recorded roll‑call tallies in the transcript; staff will prepare any required documents and change‑order return items for future meetings.
