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Budget committee forwards SFPUC authorization to accept $1.1 million state grant for East Bay intertie project
Summary
The committee voted to send forward a resolution that would retroactively authorize the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to accept and expend a $1,098,202 grant from the California Department of Public Health for construction work on the SFPUC–East Bay MUD intertie; matching funds were already budgeted in FY 2011–12.
The San Francisco Budget and Finance Committee on a voice vote moved a resolution to the Board of Supervisors that would retroactively authorize the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) to accept and expend a $1,098,202 grant from the California Department of Public Health to cover the SFPUC’s share of work on a regional intertie with East Bay Municipal Utility District (East Bay MUD).
Bart Broom, government affairs manager with the SFPUC, told the committee the intertie — built to provide drinking-water reliability during emergencies and completed in February 2007 — connected the city’s system to East Bay MUD and Hayward through a pumping station and pipelines. He said East Bay MUD applied for and received the $2.5 million grant, and the SFPUC’s portion was received in 2011.
“The resolution retroactively authorizes the SFPUC to accept and expend the grant of $1,098,202 from the California Department of Public Health for construction of the East Bay MUD–SFPUC intertie project,” Broom said.
Chair Carmen Chu clarified that no new positions would be created and that the SFPUC’s roughly $1,000,000 matching amount was already included in the department’s FY 2011–12 budget; SFPUC staff confirmed that was correct. The resolution also waives the city’s usual indirect-cost reimbursement requirement because the grant does not permit such reimbursement, and the required matching funds came from the SFPUC water system improvement program.
The committee heard no public comment on the item and approved the motion to send the matter forward with recommendation.
