The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to order.

Madam Secretary, please call the role.

President Moran.

Here.

Vice President Jami.

Yeah.

Commissioner Maxwell.

Here.

Commissioner Paulson.

Sure.

Commissioner Harrington.

Here.

You have a quorum.

Before I call the first item, or um, due to the ongoing COVID 19 health emergency and given the public health recommendations issued by the San Francisco Department of Public Health and the emergency orders of the governor and the mayor consider concerning social distancing and lifting the restrictions on teleconference.

This meeting is being held via teleconference and it's being televised by SFGTV.

I would like to extend our thanks to SFGTV staff and SFPUCIT staff for their assistance during this meeting.

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President Moran.

Thank you, Donna.

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission acknowledges that it owns and are stewards of the unceded lands located within the ethnom historic territory of the Mowekma Alone tribe and other familial descendants of the historic federally recognized Mission San Jose Corona Band of Alameda County.

The SFPUC also recognizes that every citizen residing within the Greater Bay Area has and continues to benefit from the use and occupation of the Mowekma Alone tribes or Aboriginal lands since before and after the San Francisco Public Utility Commission's founding in 1932.

It is vitally important that we not only recognize the history of tribal lands on which we reside, but also we acknowledge and honor the fact that the Moeqma Halone people have established a working partnership with the SFPUC and are productive and flourishing members within the many Greater Bay Area communities today.

Without any further ado, uh Nocha, I will hand the virtual gamble to you.

Thank you so much, Andy.

I appreciate that.

And good morning, everyone.

Happy New Year.

And I uh just want to say I'm really looking forward to this because this is my first budget hearing.

I joined uh the commission almost a year ago in February.

So looking forward to learning a lot and uh hopefully contribute some.

Uh with that, Madam Secretary, please uh read the first item.

The first item is item three, public hearing and discussion of the proposed budget report prior.

Sorry, it's very early.

Public hearing discussion of the proposed budget priorities, administrative code section 3.3b, staff presentation and overview.

Mr.

Harara.

Thank you, Donna.

And good morning, commissioners.

Happy New Year.

I hope everybody's 2020 uh two uh is off to a happy and healthy start with you and your families.

And it's my privilege to present you with our proposed budget this morning, and Commissioner Jami, similar to you.

Uh uh for me, the first time I've had the opportunity to do so as general manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission.

Next slide, please.

First, I want to briefly go over our agenda for today.

We'll start with a quick overview of our agency, then uh look at our budget priorities that guided our approach to this budget cycle.

There's also an opportunity for the public to hear about our budget and weigh in on our priorities as required under the administrative code.

Then I'll turn the presentation over to our uh colleagues on our budget and finance team to go into more depth on the financials.

First, on our proposed two-year operating budget, then our tenure capital plan, followed by our 10-year financial uh plan.

Later in the morning, we'll hear budget presentations by representatives of each of the agency's bureaus that support our core three enterprises.

Next slide, please.

What do we do?

In the simplest terms, we provide services that people need.

We deliver drinking water to 2.7 million people in the Bay Area.

We collect and treat stormwater and wastewater for the city and county of San Francisco, and we generate clean power and provide electricity to 385,000 customers in San Francisco, including critical services like San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco General Hospital, the Port, Muni, and many others.

Next slide, please.