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Budget committee backs amended emergency authorization for SFPUC Islas Creek force‑main repair
Summary
The Budget and Finance Committee approved an amendment reducing the SFPUC emergency authorization ceiling for the Islas Creek force‑main repair from $6.2 million to $5.5 million and forwarded the amended resolution to the full Board of Supervisors with a positive recommendation, taken without objection.
The Budget and Finance Committee on Dec. 11 forwarded an amended emergency declaration from the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to the full Board of Supervisors, recommending authorization of up to $5.5 million for repairs to the Southeast Treatment Plant’s outfall force main at the Islas Creek crossing.
Michael Tran, a project manager with the SFPUC, told the committee the booster pump station at Third and Arthur moves final treated effluent to the Southeast outfall and handles roughly 50–60 million gallons per day on average, peaking at about 110 million gallons per day. Tran said staff detected a potential leak at the Islas Creek crossing on Oct. 18, 2018, and the PUC issued an emergency declaration on Oct. 22, 2018 under San Francisco Administrative Code chapter 6.6.
Tran recapped subsequent revisions: a Dec. 26, 2018 revision increased the anticipated amount to about $5.0 million and the Board later authorized $4,912,000 under chapter 6.6 and chapters 21.15. A later revision on Sept. 25 raised the not‑to‑exceed authorization to $6,250,000. Tran said field conditions — young bay mud, artificial fill and a bathymetric depression — plus a whale sighting at the site required increased biological monitoring and late changes to the design and construction approach.
The project team reported heavy construction was substantially complete as of Oct. 2019 and demobilization occurred in November 2019. Tran said remaining items include sidewalk and fence restoration and permit closeout; final change orders are still being negotiated but the team was confident actual construction costs could stay at or below $5.5 million.
The Budget Analyst Office representative told the committee PUC’s actual budgeted construction cost is $5,500,000 and recommended the committee reduce the resolution’s authorized ceiling from $6.2 million to $5.5 million. Tran agreed with that recommendation. With no public comment, Chair Sandra Lee Feurer moved to approve the BLA amendment and then moved the item to the full Board with a positive recommendation “as amended;” both actions were taken without objection.
Next steps: the amended emergency resolution will appear on the Board of Supervisors agenda for consideration.
