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I I I ,. - At 10:57 p.m., MIS: CLAIREIBAIN TO CONTINUE THE MEETING TO 11:15 P.M. CARRIED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS BAIN, CLAIRE, HARTNETI, IRA, RUSKIN AND MAYOR HOWARD NOES: COUNCIL MEMBER LEIPZIG MINUTE ORDER NO. 98-167 3) Public Works Services - Public Works Services Director Ingram; Director Ingram said the Department's Budget was strongly influenced by the Council's priorities. He used overheads to highlight the goals of the Department - "planning for the future and being efficient and effective with the business we deliver." Director Ingram said long range planning, Goal No. I under Priority No.2, on Page 200, described the proposed comprehensive Water Supply Master Plan, updating the Five-year Urban Water Management Plan and other work on water issues. He explained that San Francisco PUC is planning to produce a major, long term water supply Master Plan, and it was necessary to prepare for it now. Director Ingram said Priority No.2 on page 224, also addresses long range planning, extending the current - water enterprise fund five-year business plan to ten years and CIP projects for system replacement out twenty years. Also on Page 24, Director Ingram described the SBSA program for recycled water. Director Ingram said Priority No.2 on page 226 described long range planning for the City's sewer enterprise fund and the proposed variable rate structure. He said that on Page 228, the City's leadership role is highlighted in the programs designed to address the flooding problems throughout the City. Director Ingram advised that lagoon management falls under Objective No.2, Page 228, and that bodies of waters such as the lagoon are highly regulated. He said Permits are required for management and discharge activities. Director Ingram said that the City has been under a federal mandate to discontinue any chemical treatment of those waters whatsoever, for the last four years. He said the City had been experimenting with alternate means of controls, but they had only been marginally successful. Director Ingram said that lagoon management was a continuing concern, and research is ongoing. Director Ingram said that the Council's priority of Aesthetics was addressed under the improvements to the City's parking lots, Page 212, the sidewalk replacement project and street tree recommendations on Page 216, as well as street signs on Page 218. - BUDGET STUDY SESSION MINUTE BOOK NO. 57 JUNE29,1998 MINUTES Page No. 03 I PAGE 27