Imperium

The Board approved settlements for four lawsuits: Alfred Fred Pittman ($30,000 - civil rights), Zhen Qiang Zhang ($75,000 - employment dispute), Stuart Kohler ($75,000 - civil rights), and Bernard Sandoval ($120,000 - employment dispute). All settlements were passed with the same vote as the motion to excuse absences: Breed, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Sheehy, and Yee voted in favor, while Cohen, Farrell, Safai, and Tang were excused.

Ordinance 170834, concerning revisions to inclusionary affordable housing fees, on-site and off-site housing alternatives, and other requirements, was continued on final passage to the September 26, 2017, Board of Supervisors meeting. Supervisors Kim and Ronen motioned to continue, with Breed, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Sheehy, and Yee voting in favor. Cohen, Farrell, Safai, and Tang were excused.

Ordinance 170862, sponsored by the Mayor, levying property taxes at $1.1723 per $100 valuation for various districts and establishing a pass-through rate of $0.0890 per $100 for residential tenants for FY2017-2018, passed on the first reading. Breed, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Sheehy, and Yee voted in favor, with Cohen, Farrell, Safai, and Tang excused.

Resolution 347-17, related to File 170821, sponsored by the Mayor, authorizing the Department of Public Health to accept and expend a $225,366 grant from Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc. for the Zika Response Resources Grant program (March 1, 2017 - July 31, 2018), was adopted. Breed, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Sheehy, and Yee voted in favor, with Cohen, Farrell, Safai, and Tang excused.

Resolution 348-17, related to File 170825, sponsored by Supervisor Kim, approving a professional services contract between the Treasure Island Development Authority and Associated Right of Way Services, Inc. for relocation services (five-year term with two two-year options; not to exceed $1,250,000), was adopted. Breed, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Sheehy, and Yee voted in favor, with Cohen, Farrell, Safai, and Tang excused.

Resolution 349-17, related to File 170832, retroactively approving a grant between the City and Low Income Investment Fund for administering the San Francisco Child Care Facilities Fund and providing technical assistance ($25,377,250; July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2020), was adopted. Breed, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Sheehy, and Yee voted in favor, with Cohen, Farrell, Safai, and Tang excused.

Resolution 350-17, related to File 170833, authorizing a lease with T-Mobile West LLC for a portion of the equipment room at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, Building 25, at $5,000 per month (waived while providing enhanced cellular services), for a five-year term with three five-year options, was adopted. Breed, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Sheehy, and Yee voted in favor, with Cohen, Farrell, Safai, and Tang excused.

Resolution 351-17, related to File 170874, sponsored by the Mayor, approving an agreement between the Port of San Francisco and CH2M HILL Engineers, Inc. for planning, engineering, and environmental services for the Seawall Resiliency Project (not to exceed $39,984,714; ten years), was adopted. Breed, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Sheehy, and Yee voted in favor, with Cohen, Farrell, Safai, and Tang excused.

Resolution 344-17, related to File 170875, sponsored by the Mayor, authorizing the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing to apply for a technical assistance grant (up to $150,000) from the California Department of Housing and Community Development to support the No Place Like Home program, was adopted. Breed, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Sheehy, and Yee voted in favor, with Cohen, Farrell, Safai, and Tang excused.

Resolutions 352-17 (File 170876, 1950 Mission Street - not to exceed $95,000,000), 353-17 (File 170877, 490 South Van Ness Avenue - not to exceed $65,000,000), and 355-17 (File 170885, 1294 and 1296 Shotwell Street - not to exceed $50,000,000), all related to multifamily housing revenue bonds, were adopted together. Sponsors included the Mayor and Supervisors Ronen and Fewer. All resolutions declare intent to reimburse expenditures from future bonded indebtedness and authorize the Director of the Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development to submit applications and related documents to the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee. Breed, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Sheehy, and Yee voted in favor, with Cohen, Farrell, Safai, and Tang excused.

Ordinance 170419, sponsored by Supervisor Peskin, amending the Planning Code to support Legacy Businesses, expand the definition of historic buildings, and impose additional requirements in various districts, was amended and passed on first reading. Amendments included adding ‘Residential’ on Page 5, Line 5; striking ‘Commission’ and adding ‘City’ and adding ‘eliminate or’ on Page 10, Line 6 and Line 11, respectively; and adding language on Page 13, Lines 12-16 to reflect the removal of proposed changes to Section 303.1 from the ordinance. The motion to amend was carried and the ordinance, as amended, passed first reading. Breed, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Sheehy, and Yee voted in favor, with Cohen, Farrell, Safai, and Tang excused.

Ordinance 170837, sponsored by Supervisor Tang, amending the Building Code to extend the time for compliance with the requirement for accessible primary entries and paths of travel for persons with disabilities, was passed on the first reading. Breed, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Sheehy, and Yee voted in favor, with Cohen, Farrell, Safai, and Tang excused.

Resolution 354-17, related to File 170884, sponsored by Supervisor Peskin and co-sponsored by Breed, Kim, Cohen, Ronen, Fewer, Yee, Sheehy, Farrell, Safai and Tang, urging the Recreation and Parks Commission to remove the name of Justin Herman from the plaza at the intersection of The Embarcadero and Market Street, was adopted. Breed, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Sheehy, and Yee voted in favor, with Cohen, Farrell, Safai, and Tang excused.

Ordinance 161065, sponsored by Supervisor Breed and co-sponsored by Yee, Farrell, Ronen, Sheehy, Kim and Safai, amending the Police Code to require rental car companies to provide written disclosures to customers advising them to remove valuables and lock doors, was passed on the first reading. Supervisor Kim requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Breed, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Sheehy, and Yee voted in favor, with Cohen, Farrell, Safai, and Tang excused.

Ordinance 170421, sponsored by Supervisor Yee and co-sponsored by Ronen, Sheehy, Kim, Breed and Safai, amending the Police Code to restrict visible barcodes and advertising on rental cars rented in the City or at San Francisco International Airport, was passed on the first reading. Supervisors Kim and Breed requested to be added as co-sponsors. Breed, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Sheehy, and Yee voted in favor, with Cohen, Farrell, Safai, and Tang excused.

Ordinance 170442, sponsored by Supervisor Cohen, amending the Public Works Code to modify exceptions to the Surface-Mounted Facility Site Permit requirement, allow "in-lieu" fees for street trees and murals, repeal landscaping requirements, and require Public Works to submit a report to the Board of Supervisors every two years, was passed on the first reading. Breed, Cohen, Fewer, Ronen, Sheehy, and Yee voted in favor; Kim and Peskin voted against; and Farrell, Safai, and Tang were excused.

Ordinance 170556, sponsored by Supervisor Sheehy, amending the Park Code to prohibit the use of glass beverage containers in City parks, was continued on first reading to the September 26, 2017 meeting. Supervisors Sheehy and Kim motioned to continue. Breed, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Sheehy, and Yee voted in favor; and Farrell, Safai, and Tang were excused.

Resolution 346-17 (File 170643), determining that issuing a Type-42 on-sale beer and wine public premises license to Zaza Nail Spa (543-2nd Street) will serve public convenience or necessity, and Resolution 356-17 (File 170915), determining that transferring a Type-20 off-sale beer and wine liquor license to 7-Eleven (195 Pine Street) will serve public convenience or necessity, were adopted together. Breed, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Sheehy, and Yee voted in favor; and Farrell, Safai, and Tang were excused.

Ordinance 170741, sponsored by Supervisor Kim, amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code to reduce the size of the Central Market Street and Tenderloin Area Citizen's Advisory Committee from eleven to five seats, set a sunset date, prohibit the City Administrator from executing a Community Benefit Agreement subject to the Committee’s review until the Committee has had an opportunity to review the proposed agreement and make recommendations, and make other administrative changes, was passed on the first reading. Breed, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Sheehy, and Yee voted in favor; and Farrell, Safai, and Tang were excused.

Motion M17-136, appointing Chief William Scott and Lieutenant Michael Deely to the Bay Area Regional Interoperable Communications System Authority (BayRICS) for indefinite terms, was approved. Breed, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Sheehy, and Yee voted in favor; and Farrell, Safai, and Tang were excused.

Motion M17-137, approving the Mayor’s reappointment of Al Perez to the Entertainment Commission for a term ending July 1, 2021, was approved. Breed, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Sheehy, and Yee voted in favor; and Farrell, Safai, and Tang were excused.

Motion M17-138, appointing Vanessa Bohm, Kent Woo, Joi Jackson-Morgan, Roberto Ariel Vargas, Jonathan Butler, Areeya Chananudech, Janna Cordeiro, and Lyra Ng to the Sugary Drinks Distributor Tax Advisory Committee (terms ending December 31, 2018), was initially approved, then the vote was rescinded for additional discussion, and then the motion was re-approved. Breed, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Sheehy, and Yee voted in favor; and Farrell, Safai, and Tang were excused.

Supervisor Fewer presented a Certificate of Honor to Devi Joseph, caretaker of the Cabrillo Playground Dahlia Garden, in recognition of her time and efforts maintaining the garden.

Members of the public voiced concerns regarding the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force orders of determination, the Alameda Creek project findings, and the Comfort Women Day Resolution. Other topics included public participation and representation by elected officials, boxes at intersections, rent control, affordable housing, and equality.

Resolution 357-17, related to File 170990, sponsored by Supervisor Farrell, retroactively extending the time for the Planning Commission to render a decision on an ordinance establishing the Geary-Masonic Special Use District, was adopted.

Resolution 359-17, related to File 170996, sponsored by Supervisor Peskin, urging the naming of a United States Navy ship in honor of Joseph Rosenthal, the photographer of the Iwo Jima flag raising, was adopted.

Motions M17-139 (Final Map 9025 - 1450-15th Street), M17-140 (Final Map 9166 - 600 South Van Ness Avenue), M17-141 (Final Map 9192 - 750 Harrison Street), M17-142 (Final Map 8900 - 2347-2353 Lombard Street), M17-143 (Final Map 9193 - 22-24 Franklin Street), M17-144 (Final Map 8551 - 1230 Mason Street), and M17-145 (Final Map 8939 - 172-172A-172B-174-174A-174B Langton Street), all approving final maps for various condominium projects, were approved.

Motion M17-146, related to File 170998, sponsored by Supervisor Peskin, directing the Clerk of the Board to issue a subpoena duces tecum to Derrick Roorda, requiring him to appear at the Government Audit & Oversight Committee to provide information and documents related to the 301 Mission Street project, was approved.

Resolution 358-17, related to File 170991, sponsored by Supervisor Fewer and co-sponsored by Kim, Ronen and Yee, declaring September 22, 2017, as Comfort Women Day in San Francisco, was amended to remove "WHEREAS, The Japanese government to this day has never officially apologized to those survivors; and" from the document. Breed, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Sheehy, and Yee voted in favor of the amendment and the amended resolution was adopted.

Motion M17-147, related to File 170999, sponsored by Supervisor Peskin, to convene in closed session on October 3, 2017, at 3:00 p.m. to discuss labor negotiations, was approved after being amended to include the specific time of 3:00 pm. Breed, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Sheehy, and Yee voted in favor.

Motion M17-148, related to File 171000, adopting findings reversing the Planning Commission's certification of the Final Environmental Impact Report for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission's proposed Alameda Creek Recapture Project, was approved after being amended to include directing a review and presentation to the Alameda Creek Fisheries Restoration Workgroup. Breed, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Sheehy, and Yee voted in favor.

Ordinance 171010, sponsored by the Mayor, amending Ordinance No. 112-16 and 154-17 to authorize an increase of the issuance and sale of tax-exempt or taxable Water Revenue Bonds and other forms of indebtedness by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (Commission) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $286,730,430 to finance the costs of various capital water projects, was introduced and assigned to the Budget and Finance Committee under the 30-day rule, expiring on 10/19/2017.

Ordinance 171011, sponsored by the Mayor, appropriating $12,600,000 of proceeds from Water Enterprise Revenue Bonds to fund the Long-Term Monitoring Permit Program for vegetation restoration of the Water System Improvement Program construction sites and the Bioregional Habitat Restoration projects, and placing $12,600,000 of proceeds on Controller’s Reserve pending receipt of proceeds of indebtedness, was introduced and assigned to the Budget and Finance Committee under the 30-day rule, expiring on 10/19/2017.

Ordinance 171012, sponsored by the Mayor, appropriating $6,814,850 Water Enterprise fund balance to fund the installation of a new Water Enterprise Land Mobile Radio System, was introduced and assigned to the Budget and Finance Committee under the 30-day rule, expiring on 10/19/2017.

Ordinance 171013, sponsored by Supervisor Sheehy, amending the Planning Code by revising Zoning Map Sheet ZN06 to rezone Assessor’s Parcel Block No. (AB) 2719C, Lot No. 023, located at Burnett Avenue and Burnett Avenue North, from Public (P) to Residential, Mixed Districts, Low Density (RM-1), and rezoning a portion of Burnett Avenue North, was introduced and assigned to the Land Use and Transportation Committee under the 30-day rule, expiring on 10/19/2017.

Ordinance 170763, sponsored by Supervisors Sheehy and Ronen, amending the Environment Code to require certain retailers of raw meat and poultry to report the use of antibiotics in such products to the Department of the Environment, and require City departments to report the use of antibiotics in raw meat and poultry purchased by the City to the Department of the Environment, was substituted and assigned to the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee.

Ordinance 170095, sponsored by Supervisor Yee and co-sponsored by Ronen, Fewer and Sheehy, amending the Administrative Code to create Neighborhood Automobile Break-Ins, Bicycle Theft, and Property Crime Units at district stations in the Police Department, was substituted and assigned to the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee.

Resolution 171014, sponsored by the Mayor, retroactively authorizing the Department of the Environment to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $447,370 from the Association of Bay Area Governments to develop and test pilot software and perform energy technical assistance for deep energy retrofits in small commercial buildings, was received and assigned to the Budget and Finance Committee.

Resolution 171015, sponsored by Supervisor Breed and co-sponsored by Kim and Peskin, imposing for 18 months interim zoning controls limiting off-street parking for new development to the principally-permitted parking ratios established under the Planning Code, and removing the possibility to apply for a conditional use authorization to increase such parking, in the area known as “the Hub”, was assigned under 30 DAY RULE PENDING APPROVAL AS TO FORM to Land Use and Transportation Committee.

Resolution 171016, sponsored by Supervisor Kim, receiving and approving the annual reports for the North of Market/Tenderloin Community Benefit District for FY2015-2016, was received and assigned to the Government Audit and Oversight Committee.

Resolution 171017, sponsored by Supervisor Kim, concurring with the recommendation of the Transbay Joint Powers Authority (“TJPA”) to add the California High Speed Rail Authority (“CHSRA”) as a New Member of the TJPA Board of Directors, was received and assigned to the Rules Committee.

Resolution 171018, sponsored by Supervisor Kim, to rename the 600 block of Stevenson Street to “Odd Fellows Way,” in recognition of the historical significance of the architectural and cultural contributions the Odd Fellows have made to the City and County of San Francisco, was received and assigned to the Land Use and Transportation Committee.

Resolution 171019, sponsored by Supervisors Kim and Sheehy, establishing the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) Leather Cultural District with the intent of commemorating historical sites, preserving existing spaces, and planning for thriving and vibrant communities that are LGBTQ and Leather affirming, was received and assigned to the Land Use and Transportation Committee.

Resolution 171020, sponsored by Supervisor Peskin, declaring September 26, 2017, as Jean Alexander Day in the City and County of San Francisco, in recognition of her many years of outstanding service in the City Attorney’s Office and her well-deserved retirement, was referred for adoption without committee reference at the next board meeting.

Resolution 171021, sponsored by Supervisor Sheehy, declaring the intent of the City and County of San Francisco (“City”) to reimburse certain expenditures from proceeds of future bonded indebtedness for One Church Street, 45 Church Street, and One Webster Street, was received and assigned to the Budget and Finance Committee.

Motion 171022, adopting findings reversing the approval by the Planning Commission of a final mitigated negative declaration under the California Environmental Quality Act for a proposed project at 3516 and 3526 Folsom Street, was referred for adoption without committee reference agenda at the next Board Meeting.

Request 171023, Closed Session for the Board of Supervisors to convene on October 3, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., with the Department of Human Resources under Administrative Code, Section 67.10(e), and California Government Code, Section 54957.6, regarding labor negotiations of the City’s open labor contracts; scheduled pursuant to Motion No. M17-147, approved September 19, 2017, was RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Board of Supervisors.