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San francisco Public Utilities commission. My name is john avalos, the chair of lafco, and we are joined by our Public Utilities Commission Members and the vicechair is also here. She will be sharing the podium with me and we will be chairing together. On the lafco side, madam clerk, could you read the role, please . Yes, commissioner avalos . Present. Commissioner avalos present. Commissioner campos . Commissioner campos abseptember. Absent. Commissioner breed . Commissioner pimentel absent. Co...

With me and we will be chairing together. On the lafco side, madam clerk, could you read the role, please . Yes, commissioner avalos . Present. Commissioner avalos present. Commissioner campos . Commissioner campos abseptember. Absent. Commissioner breed . Commissioner pimentel absent. Commissioner mar. Here. We have a quorum. Our clerk is Melissa Miller and we are broadcast by sfgovtv staff john ross and jonathan [speaker not understood]. And the Public Utilities Commission Clerk is donna hood....

For you. So as part of my general manager report, i wanted to have Julie Labonte come up and talk about the wsip update. Good afternoon commissioners. First i would like to begin by telling you about two important milestones that were reached earlier this month. On the new irvington tunnel we holed through on our second and last segment of the tunnel. So this was definitely a majority achievement. I think over the past few years you have heard about how challenging the ground conditions were and...

Union and you are poised now during the time of the sewer system Improvement Project and all of the projects to do the right thing, getting our young people both men and woman good jobs so there is some sort of upward mobility that we talk about, but do little about it. Commissioner anson moran, you have a lot of experience having been a general manager and having seen it all, and its always a pleasure to see you ask the right questions and throw the curveball. My strengths are infrastructure. I...

Could site our new dam over there. So in order to be able to keep these water rights that we have at calaveras, there was one place where we could really locate that dam, and that is where it is. And you are 500 way from the calaveras dam. Obviously the dam is designed to withstand the ground shaking from that fault, but nonetheless, we need to build in some very complex geological conditions. Commissioner torres. If the dam god forbid would collapse. The existing one . The existing one or new o...

That greater quality and Price Transparency for providers them self could have an impact on physician referral pattern and how they deliver care. As we look at new methods of payment, physicians will have greater and greater incentives to make smarter choices but transparency has to be a building block. As executive representing Many Health Care providers across the country, they and consumers buy transparency and i commend the city working together to advance the efforts. Can i ask you a few fo...

Information, but it would take complicated out rhyme to see what the best choice is. The various stakeholders in the industry that are prevy could work together. Its unlikely that it will lead to transparency. They may be a need for government to step in. The city and county of San Francisco could facilitate Price Transparency in a variety of ways. The city and county could require that health plan maintain robust and quality tools. Second it could ask its Health Plan Partners to work toward eli...

Could require that its contracted plans maintain robust Price Transparency tools for their patient members and can that they work toward eliminating the gag claws of providers so theres not holes to consumers about what different providers might cost in terms of their out of pocket liability. What i was about to say is the city of San Francisco, in order to make sure it meets its fiduciary duties could have all contract plans could offer discloses. Any Third Party Vendor contracted by the city a...

Certification. Thank you clapping weve shg hard to reduce the toxic containment. We have a bio fuse in the neighborhood and currently were moving into the world of pests and trying to reduce the pesticides. My partner in the e j program is training tenants with the housing arthur on how to reduce pesticides. Were working now on identifying the sites in the neighborhood so we can include the access to the waterway. So id like to say ill call up jess to the microphone and talk about Community Gard...