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Committee clears authority for PUC, City Attorney to settle claims from West Portal water main break
Summary
Supervisors approved an ordinance authorizing the SF Public Utilities Commission and City Attorney to settle claims from the Feb. 27, 2013 water transmission pipeline break—allowing individual settlements up to $25,000 and a total not-to-exceed $4,000,000; staff said 23 homes were affected and the PUC could not yet estimate total claim costs.
The Budget and Finance Subcommittee on May 22 approved an ordinance authorizing the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and the City Attorney—s Office to settle claims or litigation arising from the Feb. 27, 2013 accidental break of an SFPUC water transmission pipeline on Fifteenth Avenue between West Florida Avenue and Wawona Avenue.
Steve Ritchie, assistant general manager for water at the SFPUC, told the committee the break affected 23 homes in the West Portal neighborhood and staff had provided a confidential memo from the City Attorney—s Office describing the claims. Ritchie said repair work to water and sewer mains was underway and nearing completion.
The budget analyst told the committee the PUC could not estimate total claim costs at the time of the report and estimated about $1 million in repair costs (separate from claims) would be covered from previously appropriated funds in the 2012–13 departmental budget. The analyst also noted the ordinance would waive the Board—s authority to approve individual claims in excess of $25,000 but that the Board would need to appropriate additional funds if total payouts exceed $4,000,000.
There was no public comment. The committee moved the ordinance forward with a recommendation; members voiced support and the motion passed without objection.
