The San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting on September 25, 2018, addressed a wide range of topics, including budget appropriations, housing initiatives, transportation projects, and code amendments. The Board approved agreements related to electricity purchases, settled several lawsuits, and made appointments to various advisory councils. A key focus of the meeting was affordable housing, with the approval of an ordinance permitting affordable housing in Service/Arts/Light Industrial districts. The Board also heard appeals related to Environmental Impact Reports for the Central SoMa Plan and the India Basin Mixed-Use Project, ultimately affirming the Central SoMa Plan's report and continuing the India Basin project to a later date. Additionally, the meeting included discussions on homelessness, environmental initiatives, and public transportation. Several new ordinances and resolutions were introduced for future consideration, covering topics such as financial justice, special use districts, and responses to local needs and concerns.
Supervisor Norman Yee informed the Board of his absence on September 17, 2018, and requested to be excused. Supervisor Peskin, seconded by Supervisor Kim, moved to excuse Supervisor Yee, which passed with a vote of 10 ayes and 1 excused.
The Consent Agenda included items recommended by the Budget and Finance Committee and the Government Audit and Oversight Committee. The Budget and Finance Committee recommended authorizing agreements for binding arbitration for the purchase of electricity and related products by the Public Utilities Commission, with total costs of $13,762,490. The Government Audit and Oversight Committee recommended settling several lawsuits: Terrance Heyward ($37,500 for alleged personal injury on a City sidewalk), Patricia Gambino ($50,000 for alleged personal injury on a City sidewalk), Sam Percival Stewart ($150,000 for an alleged civil rights violation and a waiver of a Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital lien of $735), Juanita Stockwell, et al. ($400,000 for an employment dispute), Cui Ying Zhou, Jian Cong Tan, Angelina Tan, and Arosia Tan ($14,500,000 for an alleged personal injury in Washington Square Park), Nikolas P. Lemos ($100,000 for an employment dispute), and Quincy Lewis ($60,000 for an alleged civil rights violation).
The Land Use and Transportation Committee recommended amending the Planning Code to require Conditional Use authorization for Health Service Uses on the ground story in the Ocean Avenue Neighborhood Commercial Transit District, while permitting them above the ground story.
The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee recommended amending the Police Code to require law enforcement officials to provide a verbal warning, rather than a written warning, before issuing a dispersal order to ensure access to a reproductive health care facility.
The Rules Committee recommended amending the Administrative Code to modify the Civic Design Review fee to a flat fee of $12,800 per project, with a process for annual cost-of-living adjustments. The Rules Committee also recommended amending the Administrative Code to authorize the Arts Commission to charge a fee for organizing traveling exhibitions.
The Rules Committee recommended appointments of Kenneth Maley and Julia Pfeiffenberger to the Park, Recreation, and Open Space Advisory Committee; reappointments of Matt Pemberton, Gretchen Ames, and Mario Paz to the Child Care Planning and Advisory Council; and appointments of Juliet Rothman and Rick Johnson to the Commission on the Aging Advisory Council.
The Rules Committee recommended amending the Administrative Code to require Labor Peace Agreements between employers operating excursion vessels under a Port lease and labor organizations seeking to represent their employees.
The Rules Committee recommended amending the Administrative Code to establish the Early Care and Education for All Initiative, funded by appropriations from the Babies and Families First Fund, including procedures concerning a spending plan and reporting requirements.
The Board considered an ordinance amending the Planning Code to permit Affordable Housing on undeveloped lots in Service/Arts/Light Industrial (SALI) Zoning Districts. The ordinance was sponsored by Supervisor Kim and it passed with a vote of 10 ayes and 1 excused.
The Board considered an ordinance waiving temporary street space occupancy fees for tree maintenance activities by the Greater Rincon Hill Association and an ordinance waiving banner fees for the Filipino American Arts Exposition. Both ordinances, sponsored by Supervisor Kim, passed on the first reading.
The Board considered an ordinance amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code to add provisions to administer the Early Care and Education Commercial Rents Tax, increase the payment required to obtain an extension of time to file business tax returns, and make other non-substantive changes. The ordinance, sponsored by Supervisor Kim and Yee, passed on the first reading.
The Board retroactively approved Emergency Contract No. 50177 for General Airport Security Services between Covenant Aviation Security, LLC, and the City and County of San Francisco, acting by and through its Airport Commission, in an amount not to exceed $1,700,000 over a six-month term. The resolution adopting this agreement passed. The fiscal impact was noted.
The Board approved Modification No. 8 to Airport Contract No. 10011.41 for Project Management Support Services for the San Francisco International Airport, Terminal 1 Center Renovation Project, between ACJV and the City and County of San Francisco. The modification totaled $28,250,000, extending the term by seven months. The resolution adopting this modification passed and the fiscal impact was noted.
The Board approved a General Agreement between the Port and the National Park Service for a 30-year term with two ten-year options allowing ferry concessioners to use Port Piers 31-33 on The Embarcadero at Bay Street as the embarkation to Alcatraz Island and other Golden Gate National Recreation Area sites, and a Lease Agreement with the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy to develop and operate visitor amenities at the Site for a 30-year term with two ten-year options. The Port Commission’s Public Trust findings were affirmed and California Environmental Quality Act findings were made.
The Board authorized the Recreation and Park Department to accept and expend a grant of $150,000 from the San Francisco Parks Alliance to benefit the Department’s scholarship program for the project term of November 1, 2018, through June 30, 2019.
The Board declared a shelter crisis pursuant to Senate Bill 850 and authorized the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing to apply for funding under the California Homeless Emergency Aid Program.
The Board authorized the Department of Public Health to participate in the one-time Homeless Mentally Ill Outreach and Treatment funding opportunity through the California Department of Health Care Services, to enhance behavioral health outreach, outpatient services, intensive care management, residential treatment services, and residential care facility beds, in the amount of $3,179,000 from January 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020.
The Board received and approved an annual report for the Ocean Avenue Community Benefit District for FY2016-2017 and for the Greater Rincon Hill Community Benefit District (dba The East Cut Community Benefit District) for FY2016-2017, as required by the Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994.
The board authorized the Planning Director to send notice of non-renewal historical property contracts for properties located at 215 and 229 Haight Street, 627 Waller Street, and 973 Market Street.
The board moved to continue a resolution urging Kaiser Permanente to protect its messenger driver, parking attendant, licensed vocational nurse, and department secretary employees from being outsourced to the Board of Supervisors meeting of October 2, 2018. The motion carried.
The board approved the Mayor’s nomination for the appointment of Amanda Eaken to the Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors, for a term ending March 1, 2019.
The board approved the Mayor's reappointment of Ike Kwon and Anson Moran to the Public Utilities Commission, for terms ending August 1, 2022. The board also approved the Mayor's nomination of Lieutenant David Falzon to the Entertainment Commission, term ending July 1, 2022.
The board approved the appointments of Jose Bernal, Angela Coleman, Victoria Westbrook, and Theodore Tolliver, terms ending June 1, 2020, to the Reentry Council.
The Board suspended Rule 5.36 to grant privilege of the floor to guests for Latinx Heritage Month. Supervisors recognized individuals for their accomplishments and community support. Those honored included Claudia Delarios Moran, Roberto Vargas, Natasha Dolby, Gonzalo Guzman and Alejandro Rodriguez, Tony Ortiz, La Voz Latina, Marga Gomez, Office Mark Angel Alvarez, Mary Aguilar Harris, Luis Licea, and Phil Havlicek.
The Board held a public hearing regarding an appeal of the Final Environmental Impact Report for the proposed Central SoMa Plan. Several appellants presented their concerns, while representatives from the Planning Department and other supporters of the project also spoke. After public comment, the Board closed the hearing. Ultimately, the Board affirmed the Planning Commission's certification of the Final Environmental Impact Report prepared for the proposed Central SoMa Plan.
The board opened the public hearing for the India Basin Mixed-Use Project and indicated that it would be entertaining a motion to continue this appeal and the associated items to a future date. Several members of the community spoke on various concerns related to the proposed continuance. Supervisor Tang moved that this Hearing be Continued to the Board of Supervisors meeting of October 2, 2018. The motion carried.
The board passed on first reading an ordinance amending the Administrative Code to increase the minimum hourly compensation rate for employees of City contractors other than nonprofit corporations or public entities to $17.00 per hour and followed thereafter by annual cost-of-living increases; to increase the minimum hourly compensation rate for employees under contracts with nonprofit corporations and public entities to minimum wage; and to require that City contractors pay the minimum hourly compensation rate to employees who perform any work funded under an applicable contract with the City.
The board considered items relating to the India Basin Mixed-Use Project concerning the General Plan, the Zoning Map and a Development Agreement. These items were not sent to the Board as a committee report.
The Board heard public comment on construction, homelessness, and concerns about the gardeners being outsourced by Kaiser Permanente, as well as concerns about mental illness experiences and unconstitutional outpatient treatment.
The board approved a 90-Day extension for the Planning Commission review of a Planning Code and Zoning Map Amendment Rezoning 1650-1680 Mission Street.
The board approved motions approving Final Map 9254 located at 1022-1032 Pacific Avenue and Final Map 8928 located at 785 San Jose Avenue.
Supervisor or the Mayor introduced several ordinances and resolutions for committee review, including: Appropriating $200,000,000 of Special Tax Bonds for the Transbay Transit Center Project in FY2018-2019; Accepting and expending a grant and amending the Annual Salary Ordinance for the Financial Justice Project; Amending the Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code’s Form 700 filing requirements; Creating the 1550 Evans Avenue Special Use District; Authorizing real property transfers and waiving the provisions of Administrative Code, Chapter 23; De-appropriating $13,050,000 from the City’s General Reserve to fund wage increase requirements of the Minimum Compensation Ordinance; Extending the sunset date of the Single Room Occupancy (SRO) Task Force by three years to December 31, 2021; Waiving the banner fee under the Public Works Code for the Alzheimer’s Association 2018 Walk to End Alzheimer’s campaign; Amending the Building, Housing, Fire, and Administrative Codes to authorize the Building and Fire Departments to require the installation of a new fire safety system or the improvement or upgrade of an existing system to current code requirements; Creating the District 11 Large Residence Special Use District; Authorizing the issuance and sale of one or more series of Special Tax Bonds for City and County of San Francisco Community Facilities District No. 2014-1; Authorizing the Department of the Environment to submit applications on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco for all grants offered by the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery for which it is eligible; Authorizing the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development to accept and expend awards from the California Department of Housing and Community Development Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program; Consolidating the elections scheduled for November 6, 2018; Authorizing the Department of Public Health to accept and expend a grant increase for the program, entitled "National HIV Behavioral Surveillance - San Francisco"; Urging Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) to add a bus node at the 24th Street BART station in San Francisco during the Transbay Tube seismic retrofit; Endorsing the Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s Diesel Free By ’33 Statement of Purpose. and hearing on the transparency and fairness of the Municipal Transportation Agency's permitting process for the City-Wide Power Scooter Share Pilot Program.
The President introduced a Resolution authorizing the Sheriff’s Department to contract with ARAMARK Correctional Services, Inc. for jail food services, and Resolutions retroactively approving Amendment No. 3 and Amendment No. 4 to Contract CS-163-1 OCIP Insurance Brokerage Services, to provide excess liability insurance for the Central Subway Project, with Aon Risk Insurance Services West, Inc.